Dvb With Reed-Solomon Ber (Qpsk; Table A-5. Reed-Solomon Ber Data - Comtech EF Data SDM-9000 Installation And Operation Manual

SDM-9000 Satellite Modem
A.2.11 DVB with Reed-Solomon BER (QPSK)
Table A-5 shows the DVB Reed-Solomon specifications for the E
achieve 10
BER
10
10
10
10
All values are for QPSK mode operation. Refer to Figure A-22 for the DVB
Reed-Solomon BER curves.
Rev. 4
to 10 BER for different configurations.
-6 -10

Table A-5. Reed-Solomon BER Data

Specification
1/2 Rate 3/4 Rate
-6 3.7 dB 4.7 dB
-7 3.9 dB 4.9 dB
-8 4.0 dB 5.1 dB
-10 4.3 dB 5.4 dB
7/8 Rate BER 1/2 Rate
5.4 dB 10 -6 3.1 dB
5.6 dB 10 -7 3.2 dB
5.8 dB 10 -8 3.3 dB
6.2 dB 10 -10 3.6 dB
/N required to
b 0
Typical
3/4 Rate 7/8 Rate
4.0 dB 5.0 dB
4.1 dB 5.2 dB
4.2 dB 5.3 dB
4.5 dB 5.5 dB
Options
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