SLM-5650B Satellite Modem
Revision 2
Appendix A A–4 MN-SLM-5650B
Table A-1. Conversion to S/N and E
b
/N
0
Chart
(dB)
(S+N)/N
BPSK 1/3
E
b
/N
0
BPSK 1/2
E
b
/N
0
QPSK 1/2
E
b
/N
0
QPSK 2/3
E
b
/N
0
QPSK 3/4
E
b
/N
0
4.5 7.4 5.6 2.6 1.3 0.8
5.0 8.1 6.4 3.3 2.1 1.6
5.5 8.8 7.1 4.1 2.8 2.3
6.0 9.5 7.8 4.7 3.5 3.0
8.5 12.6 10.8 7.8 6.6 6.1
9.0 13.2 11.4 8.4 7.2 6.7
9.5 13.8 12.0 9.0 7.7 7.2
10.0 14.3 12.6 9.5 8.3 7.8
12.5 17.0 15.3 12.2 11.0 10.5
13.0 17.5 15.8 12.8 11.5 11.0
13.5 18.1 16.3 13.3 12.1 11.5
14.0 18.6 16.8 13.8 12.6 12.1
16.5 21.2 19.4 16.4 15.2 14.6
17.5 22.2 20.4 17.4 16.2 15.7
18.0 22.7 20.9 17.9 16.7 16.2