NR8000 V2.

00 High Modulation Tech

nology
Microwave Product Support Dept.

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Course Targets
Intended Audience
Microwave pre-sales and after-sales engineers.

The Target After Learning This

Course
After learning this course, engineers shall be aware of the
modulation feature & protection of NR8000 V2.00.

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NR8250 V2.00 Modulation Introduction

QAM is both an analogue and a digital modulation scheme. For
MPSK, the distance between adjacent phases is smaller and
smaller as M increases, which reduces the noise tolerance and
increases the BER. QAM efficiently uses the plane, increases the
number of signal vectors without reducing the distance between
adjacent phases, which perfectly solves the problem that the
noise tolerance decreases with a high order M. QAM is suitable for
frequency-limited scenarios.

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Modulation Supported by NR8250 V2.00

NR8250 V2.00 supports modulations as follows: QPSK,
16QAM, 32QAM, 64QAM, 128QAM, 256QAM, 512QAM
and 1024QAM. The constellation diagram for each
modulation is shown as following:
4QAM = 22
16QAM = 42
32QAM = 62 - 4*12
64QAM = 82
128QAM = 122 4*22
256QAM = 162
512QAM = 242 4*42
1024QAM = 322
2048QAM = 482
4*82
4096QAM = 642

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RMU Boards Introduction

Right now, the high modulation means 512QAM and above
modulation. The RMUH board of NR8000 can support to 1024QAM.
Board
RMUC
RMUD
RMUE
RMUH
AOU

Modulation
QPSK/16QAM/32QAM/64QAM/128Q 512QAM/1024 XPIC
AM/256QAM
QAM

Remark
1 RMUD is same with RMUC, but without XPIC function
2 RMUE is same with RMUD, but reduce the board cost, and
support PIS (packet intelligent segment) function
3 RMUH support XPIC, and support 512QAM & 1024QAM
4 In the future, the product will support 2048QAM
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Higher Modulation Bring Higher Capacity

Take the following 56MHz bandwidth for example, the
512QAM and 1024QAM not bring higher capacity for TDM
traffic, but bring higher capacity for ETH traffic.
Frequency
Modulation Maximum STM-1
Bandwidth

Maximum E1

Maximum ETH Capacity

Mbps

128QAM

75

325~398

256QAM

75

374~457

512QAM

75

423~517

1024QAM

75

473~578

56MHz

Ethernet throughput is tested according to RFC2544 (frame

length: 64byte~1518byte) and header compression function
is disabled while testing.

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Matters Need Attention

1. RMUH + SRU can achieve 512QAM & 1024QAM, but RMUH
+ A400 ODU still only support 256QAM maximum.
2. AOU support QPSK to 256QAM, and 512QAM & 1024QAM
3. NR8120 still only support 256QAM maximum.
4. 512QAM & 1024QAM only available with 28MHz, 40MHz
and 56MHz, not available with 7MHz and 14MHz.

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NR8000 V2.00 IF & RF Protection

1. HSB is short for Hot Standby. In this configuration mode,

1+1 hot backup protection is implemented for RMUs and
ODUs.
2. SD is short for Space Diversity. In this configuration mode,
1+1 backup protection is
implemented for channels. Two spatially-separated antennas
are used to receive the same signal. The system selects the
optimal one from the two received signals, which minimizes
the impact of attenuation on signal transmission.
3. FD is short for Frequency Diversity. In this configuration
mode, 1+1 backup protection is implemented for channels.
Two channels with a certain frequency spacing are used to
transmit and receive the same signals. The system selects the
optimal one from the received two signals, which minimizes
the impact of attenuation on signal transmission.
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Protection Mode
Protection Mode
Automatic

Forced

Revert

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Protection Action

If Automatic is selected, it indicates that the system

will perform automatic switchover based on the
active/standby path status. In this case, the system
automatically sets the IF/RF transmitting path and
the revertive time.
If Forced is selected and the protection type is HSB
or SD, IFTxPath and RFTxPath also need to be
specified. If FD is selected, only IFTxPath needs to
be specified.
If Revert is selected, it indicates that when the
service signal on the active path is degraded, the
service is switched to the standby path; when the
service signal on the active path becomes normal,
the service is switched to the active path. In this
case, the Revertive Time(300~800 ms) parameter
should be configured, which defines the time for
waiting the service to be switched back to the active
path after the active path becomes normal. The
value range is 300 to 800 ms.

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Protection and ATPC

1+1 HSB/SD Protection and ATPC:
1+1 HSB/SD protection is single Tx and dual Rx, with this
protection mode, ATPC will select the higher RSL of both the
ODU as the referenced RSL, and feed back to Tx module. The
Tx module adjust the Tx power based on the referenced RSL.
FD Protection and ATPC:
FD Protection is dual Tx and dual Rx with two frequency
channel, which works same as two separate links. With this
protection mode, ATPC will adjust the Tx power based on the
different frequency channel separately.

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Protection and XPIC

1+1 HSB/SD and XPIC:
1+1 HSB/SD protection can be applied on XPIC link, which
will be 2+2 HSB/SD XPIC , the notes as following:
1. The Protection of both the V and H should be same, can
not be one polarization with protection but another
polarization without protection.
2. The V and H of the XPIC should use the same protection,
both of them should be HSB or SD, can not be different.
.1+1 FD and XPIC:
XPIC can also work with 1+1 FD, but not suggested, because
XPIC is to save the frequency resource, but FD require 2
different frequency channel.

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Revision Records
Product
Version
V2.00

Document
Version
R1.0

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Date
2013-09

Prepared
by
Yu Zhenhai

Reviewed by
Sun Zhibo

Reason for Revision

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