Unique Word...: 10 bits
Carriers......: 17
Symbol period.: 18ms
-Cyclic Prefix.: 2ms
+Cyclic Prefix.: 2ms (note 1)
Pilot rate....: 1 in every 8 symbols
Frame Period..: 160ms
FEC...........: rate 1/2 (224,112) LDPC
Operating point
- AWGN........: Eb/No -0.5dB SNR(3000Hz): -2.5dB
- HF Multipath: Eb/No 4.0dB SNR(3000Hz): 2.0dB
-Frequency offset for acquisition: +/- 20 Hz
+ AWGN........: Eb/No -0.5dB SNR(3000Hz): -2.5dB (note 2)
+ HF Multipath: Eb/No 4.0dB SNR(3000Hz): 2.0dB (note 3)
+
+Freq offset.......: +/- 20 Hz (sync range)
+Freq drift........: +/- 0.2 Hz/s (for 0.5 dB loss)
+Sample clock error: 1000 ppm
Notes:
- 1/ HF Multipath is two path, 1Hz Doppler, 1ms delay
+ 1/ Modem can cope with 2ms of multipath
+ 2/ Ideal SNR(3000) = Eb/No + 10*log10(Rb/B)
+ = -1 + 10*log10(1400/3000)
+ = -4.3 dB,
+ So we have about 2dB overhead for synchronisation and implementation loss.
+ 3/ HF Multipath channel used for testing is two path, 1Hz Doppler, 1ms delay