Carrier DVB-S

DVB-S (EN 300421) DVB-DSNG (EN 301210, Digital video for Satellite News Gathering): are first generation satellite communication system. The Symbol rates vary from 4 ksps to 60 Msps, DVB-S using QPSK modulation while DVB-DNSG using 8PSK and 16 QAM modulation.

Multi-path Channel (not shown above) is a new parameter under 2. DVB-S Settings.

1. Basic

State

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to control the operating state of the carrier.

Format

The format of the carrier.

Frequency Offset

Range: -40.0 to 40.0 MHz

Default: 0.000000 Hz

Set the frequency offset for the carrier relative to the signal generator’s frequency setting. The valid range will be different for every format due to the different over-sampling ratios.

For example, for 2 carriers configuration, set the center frequency of signal generator to 1 GHz, and make the two carriers distributed on the both sides of the center frequency with 5 MHz offset each. Therefore, the actual frequency of each carrier would be 1GHz+5MHz and 1GHz-5MHz respectively.

Initial Phase

Range: 0 to 359 degrees

Set the initial phase of the carrier.

Power

Range: -50 to 0 dB

Set the carrier’s power relative to the signal generator’s amplitude setting.

2. DVB-S Settings

The System shall employ conventional Gray-coded QPSK modulation with absolute mapping (no differential coding).

Filter Type

Choice: Nyquist \Root Nyquist

Default: Root Nyquist

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to select the filter type of DVB-S.

Roll-off Factor

Range: 0 to 1

Default: 0.35

Set the roll-off factor of DVB-S.

Symbol Rate

Range: 300 KHz to 50MHz

Default: 25MHz

Set the symbol rate of DVB-S.

Code Rate

Choice: 1/2 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5/6 | 7/8

Default: 1/2

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to select the code rate of DVB-S.

Number of RS Packets

Range: 32 to 160000

Default: 32

Set the number of RS Packets. The entered value will be automatically set to the nearest reasonable value for DVB-S.

RS Encoder

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to enable or disable the RS encoder. For DVB-S, when the RS encoder is off, the payload is treated as the output of a RS encoder and fed into the convolutional interleaver directly.

Multi-path Channel

Default: OFF

Click in the right side of the cell to open the ClosedMulti-path Channel configuration window.

A multi-path channel which contains up to 20 paths can be set according to your test requirements.

3. Data Source Settings

Useful Bit Rate

The useful bit rate. The bit rate can be transmitted by current encoding, modulation and framing configurations.

Supported File Size

The supported file size for current settings.

Payload

The TS payload settings.

Data Source Type

Choice:

Normal: Test Pattern | Demo File | TS File | TS File Wizard

When RS Encoder is off: Test Pattern | TS File  

For DVB-H: Test Pattern | TS File

For one-seg ISDB-T: Test Pattern | TS File | TS File Wizard 

Default: Test Pattern

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to select which type to be used as the data source.

If "TS File" is selected, "File Name" is required; If "TS File Wizard" is selected, "File Wizard" is available.

Learn more about the different Data Source Types, refer to the page Data Source Type.

Pattern Bits

The data bits used as test pattern.

Click the right button to open "Test Pattern Edit" dialog and select test pattern to use.

SYNC Insertion

Choice: True | False

Default: False

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to determine whether a SYNC byte (0x47) should be inserted into the test pattern.