SHAPING THE FUTURE OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
When the rain fade exceeds a maximum, as shown in Figure 71, the receiving
demodulator is not able to demodulate the incoming data any more and the
satellite link is interrupted.
Figure 71 - Interrupted Satellite Link
To prevent this, the satellite link can be configured in a lower ModCod as shown in
Figure 72, resulting in a link working for example 99,5% of the time. On the other
hand, in good weather conditions, this ModCod will not be optimal, thus costing
money because of the not used bandwidth.
Figure 72 – Reduced ModCod