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3.3.2. READable Values
The modem displays different state as well as performance parameters. These values can be
seen interactively on the front panel (except “E
b
/N
0
Status”) and can also be retrieved by
SNMP.
These accessible values are described below (in parenthesis the related OID), whereas the
hints on the data representation refer to [RAD-a]:
• E
b
/N
0
(radDmd20RxEbno)
Displays the estimated E
b
/N
0
value as seen by the demodulator (in dBm)
• E
b
/N
0
Status (radDmd20RxBerEbnoStatus)
Displays the status of the modem estimator, the value is stored as a bit field. On
startup, the agent initializes this to the value bx00000000. If the status is not equal to
digit “7”
1
then the estimated respectively displayed E
b
/N
0
value is not valid.
Internal binary data representation:
Bit 0 = Raw BER and corrected BER status. 1 = Valid
Bit 1 = Test BER status. 1 = Valid
Bit 2, 3 = Eb/No status
0 = Eb/No invalid
1 = Eb/No valid
2 = Eb/No is smaller than indicated value
3 = Eb/No is greater than indicated value
Bit 4…7 = Reserved
• Input Level (radDmd20RxCarrierLeveldBmX100)
Displays the estimated receive signal level as seen by the demodulator (in dBm)
• Symbol Rate (radDmd20RxSymbolRateHz)
Displays the effective symbol rate (in sps)
• Bit Errors (radDmd20RxBitErrorCount)
Displays the current error count from the Viterbi decoder (in counts)
• Raw BER (radDmd20RxRawBerStatus)
Displays the estimated channel error rate (before decoding) measured by the modem
• Corrected BER (radDmd20RxCorrectedBerStatus)
The Corrected BER display shows an estimated corrected bit error rate of the modem.
Depending on the symbol rate the modem is running, the high-end performance scale
of this display will vary (E-09, E-10 or E-11). At some symbol rates, a better than
scale reading will appear as 0.00E-00. At other symbol rates, it will appear as E**. In
either case, they both mean performance is better than the scale upper limit.
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See Table 3.3
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