QPSK for Satellite

Satellite/LMDS QPSK Bandwidth Calculator

Revision 6 Nov-01

Option 1: Bandwidth to Multiplex Information Rate Calculation

ENTER OCCUPIED BANDWIDTH 34.00 MHz
Assumes 188/204 Reed-Solomon and .35 Roll-off factor per ETSI EN 300 421
SYMBOL DATA USABLE INFO RATE WITH R/S AND FEC @
RATE RATE NO FEC 7/8 5/6 3/4 2/3 1/2
25.185185 50.370370 46.419753 40.617284 38.683128 34.814815 30.946502 23.209877
Required Eb/No (typical) 8.4 6.4 6 5.5 5 4.5

Eb/No figures as defined in ETSI EN 300 421

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Option 2: Multiplex info rate to Bandwidth calculation
ENTER MUX INFO RATE (user data rate) 48.00 Mbps
Assumes 188/204 Reed-Solomon and .35 Roll-off factor per ETSI EN 300 421
OCCUPIED Bw IN MHz, @ FEC, INCLUDING ROLL-OFF
FEC NO FEC 7/8 5/6 3/4 2/3 1/2
BandWidth 35.157447 40.179939 42.188936 46.876596 52.736170 70.314894
Symbol Rate 26.042553 29.762918 31.251064 34.723404 39.063830 52.085106
Data Rate 52.085106 59.525836 62.502128 69.446809 78.127660 104.170213

Note: Symbol Rate (MS/s)= Bandwidth (MHz) minus roll-off at 1 db point

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8PSK / 16 QAM Bandwidth Calculator for Satellite

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Option 1: Bandwidth to Multiplex Information Rate Calculation
ENTER OCCUPIED BANDWIDTH 54.000000 MHz
Assumes 188/204 Reed-Solomon and Roll-off factor per ETSI EN 301 210

8PSK 16 QAM
ROLL-OFF SYMBOL DATA INFO RATE WITH R/S AND FEC @ DATA INFO RATE
FACTOR RATE RATE 8/9 5/6 2/3 RATE 7/8
25 43.200000 129.600000 106.164706 99.529412 79.623529 172.800000 139.341176
35 40.000000 120.000000 98.300654 92.156863 73.725490 160.000000 129.019608
Required Eb/No (typical) 9.4 8.9 6.9 10.7

Eb/N0 figures as defined in ETSI EN 301 210 for BER 2x10E04 uncorrected in IF Loop
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Option 2: Multiplex info rate to Bandwidth calculation
ENTER MUX INFO RATE (user data rate) 55.294118 Mbps
Assumes 188/204 Reed-Solomon and Roll-off factor per ETSI EN 301 210
OCCUPIED BANDWIDTH WITH R/S AND ROLLOFF @ FEC
8PSK 16 QAM
FEC 8/9 5/6 2/3 7/8 3/4
BandWidth 35% 30.375000 32.400000 40.500000 23.142857 27.000000
25% 28.125000 30.000000 37.500000 21.428572 25.000000
Symbol Rate MS/s 22.500000 24.000000 30.000000 17.142857 20.000000
Data Rate Mbps 67.500000 72.000000 90.000001 68.571429 80.000001

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 QAM for Cable

Cable/MMDS QAM Bandwidth Calculator

Revision 6 Nov-01
Option 1: Bandwidth to Multiplex Information Rate Calculation
ENTER OCCUPIED BANDWIDTH 6.00 MHz 6 or 8 MHz typical

Assumes 188/204 Reed-Solomon and .15 Roll-off factor per ETSI EN 300 429
SYMBOL INFO RATE WITH R/S AND MULTICONSTELLATION @
RATE 16 32 64 128 256 512
5.217391 INFO RATE 19.232737 24.040921 28.849105 33.657289 38.465473 43.273657
DATA RATE 20.869565 26.086957 31.304348 36.521739 41.739130 46.956522
Required C/N (typical) 17.6 20.65 23.6 26.55 29.4
Margin 1.5 1.75 2 2.25 3.5
TOTAL 19.1 22.4 25.6 28.8 32.9
Per ETSI EN 300 429 DVB-C for Cable

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Option 2: Multiplex info rate to Bandwidth calculation
ENTER INFO RATE (user data) 28.000000 Mbps
Assumes 188/204 Reed-Solomon and .15 Roll-off factor per ETSI EN 300 429
DATA RATE BANDWIDTH WITH R/S AND MULTICONSTELLATION @
RATE 16 32 64 128 256 512
30.382979 BANDWIDTH 8.735106 6.988085 5.823404 4.991489 4.367553 3.882270
SYMBOL RATE 7.595745 6.076596 5.063830 4.340426 3.797872 3.375887

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