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QPSK for Satellite

Satellite QPSK Bandwidth Calculator


Nov-01

Option 1: Bandwidth to Multiplex Information Rate Calculation


ENTER OCCUPIED BANDWIDTH

3.00

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
2.222222
4.444444
4.095861
3.583878
3.413217
3.071895
2.730574
Required Eb/No (typical)
8.4
6.4
6
5.5
5

1/2
2.047930
4.5

Eb/No figures as defined in ETSI EN 300 421

OR
Option 2: Multiplex info rate to Bandwidth calculation
ENTER MUX INFO RATE (user data rate)

6.00

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
BandWidth
4.394681
5.022492
5.273617
5.859574
6.592021
Symbol Rate
3.255319
3.720365
3.906383
4.340426
4.882979
Data Rate
6.510638
7.440729
7.812766
8.680851
9.765957
Note: Symbol Rate (MS/s)= Bandwidth (MHz) minus roll-off at 1 db point

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13.021277

QPSK for Satellite

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8PSK_16 QAM for Satellite

8PSK / 16 QAM Bandwidth Calculator for Satellite


Revision

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

OR
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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8PSK_16 QAM for Satellite

Nov-01

INFO RATE
3/4
119.435294
110.588235
9

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8PSK_16 QAM for Satellite

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QAM for Cable

Cable/MMDS QAM Bandwidth Calculator


Revision

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

OR
Option 2: Multiplex info rate to Bandwidth calculation
ENTER INFO RATE (user data)

28.849105

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
31.304348 BANDWIDTH
9.000000
7.200000 6.000000 5.142857 4.500000
SYMBOL RATE 7.826087
6.260870 5.217391 4.472050 3.913043

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512
4.000000
3.478261

QAM for Cable

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