Comtech EF Data SLM-5650B - 16 QAM, Viterbi Decoder and Reed-Solomon; Table 1-15. 16 QAM, Viterbi Decoder with Reed-Solomon BER Performance; Table 1-16. TPC Decoder BER Performance; Turbo Product Code (TPC) Decoding

SLM-5650B Satellite Modem
Revision 2
Introduction 1–23 MN-SLM-5650B
1.4.1.3.5 16QAM, Viterbi Decoder and Reed-Solomon
Table 1-15. 16QAM, Viterbi Decoder
with Reed-Solomon BER Performance
E
b
/N
o
(dB) Specifications
Viterbi Decoder with Reed-Solomon
BER 3/4 7/8
10
-6
8.2
9.5
10
-7
8.4
9.8
10
-8
8.6 10.1
10
-9
8.8 10.3
10
-10
9.0 10.6
1.4.1.3.6 Turbo Product Code (TPC) Decoding
Table 1-16. TPC Decoder BER Performance
E
b
/N
o
(dB) Specifications
Turbo Product Code Decoder
BER
BPSK QPSK/OQPSK 8PSK 16QAM
21/44 5/16 21/44 3/4 7/8 17/18 3/4 7/8 17/18 3/4 7/8
10
-6
3.3 2.5 3.3 3.9 4.3 6.8 6.5 7.1 10.0 7.6 8.2
10
-7
3.4
2.8
3.4
4.1
4.4
7.1
6.9
7.2
10.6
8.0
8.4
10
-8
3.5 3.1 3.5 4.3 4.5 7.4 7.2 7.3 11.2 8.4 8.5
10
-9
3.6 3.4 3.6 4.8 4.6 7.7 7.5 7.4 11.8 8.7 8.7
10
-10
3.7
3.7
4.7
7.8
7.5
9.0
8.8