Chris,
The conversion between MHz/GHz and bps depends on the modulation scheme used
for a specific RF channel.
For example, the spectral efficiency is usually about 1.6 if using QPSK and
about 6 b/Hz/s for 64QAM.
The C/Ku/Ka bands mentioned in your email are the frequencies these bands
are in and they are not the channel bandwidth that your questions referred
to. For example, the RF channel bandwidth could be 100 to 500 MHz within a
specific band. Therefore, when making conversion to bps you need to
multiply the spectral efficiency (for the specific modulation scheme that is
used) with the RF channel bandwidth.
Hope this helps.
Masuma Ahmed
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From: Chris Metz [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 8:49 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Satellite Bandwidth Questions
Hi-
I am studying TCP over Satellite considerations and have reviewed
draft-ietf-tcpsat-stand-mech-06.txt. I live in a "bits per second"
world in
terms of bandwidth I would like to understand how bps relates to the
terms
used to describe satellite bandwidth. So is there a reference
somewhere or
good book on satellite basics that can fill in the following terms:
Band Uplink (GHZ) Downlink (GHz) Uplink (bps) Downlink
(bps)
C 6 4 ?? ??
Ku 14 12 ?? ??
Ka 30 20 ?? ??
I suppose I am asking how does one convert MHz and GHz into
conventional
bandwidth (bps) terminology. This for clearing this up for me and my
apologies for the "simpleton" question.
Chris Metz
Consulting Systems Engineer
Cisco Systems
email: [email protected]
phone: 212-714-4207
pager: 800-365-4578
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