Sat-aero, Sat-b – Wavecom W-SPECTRA (Automatic Monitoring System) V1.1.0 User Manual
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Transmission Modes
WAVECOM Monitoring System W-SPECTRA, W-SPEED Manual V1.1.0
SAT-AERO
The SAT-AERO system carries digital voice, fax and low speed data. The channels between aeronautical
Ground Earth Stations (GES) and Aircraft Earth Stations (AES) are A-BPSK or A-QPSK modulated with
600, 1200, 4800, 8400,10,500 and 21,500 bps.
Parameter
Value
Frequency range
L-band/C-band
Operation modes, symbol rate,
modulation
Inm-Aero (Forward Pd and Psmc logical channels)
Forward:
-
P-channel packet switched data TDM: 600 bps, 1200 bps A-BPSK
(SDPSK), 10.5 kbps A-QPSK (OQPSK), convolutional FEC R = ½, k = 7
-
C-channel circuit mode SCPC: 8.4 kbps A-QPSK (OQPSK), convolution-
al FEC R = 2/3, k = 7, 10.5 kbps A-QPSK (OQPSK), convolutional FEC
R = ½, k = 7
Return:
-
R-channel slotted Aloha: 600 bps, 1200 bps A-BPSK (SDPSK), 4.8
kbps, 10.5 kbps A-QPSK (OQPSK), convolutional FEC R = ½, k = 7
-
T-channel TDMA: 600 bps, 1200 bps A-BPSK (SDPSK), 10.5 kbps A-
QPSK (OQPSK), convolutional FEC R = ½, k = 7
-
C-channel circuit mode SCPC: 8.4 kbps A-QPSK (OQPSK), convolution-
al FEC R = 2/3, k = 7, 10.5 kbps A-QPSK (OQPSK), convolutional FEC
R = ½, k = 7
Modulation
A-BPSK (Aviation-BPSK), symmetrical, differential PSK (SDPSK)
A-QPSK (Aviation-QPSK), a variant of offset QPSK
Required SNR
>15 dB (20 dB recommended)
Input
IF
Four channel types are used: P(acket switched), R(andom), T(DMA) and C(ircuit switched). Currently only
the P channel can be decoded.
Two output formats may be selected, All Signaling Units or Messages Only. If All Signaling Units is
selected, all signaling units are shown in hexadecimal except empty signaling units, which are skipped. If
Messages Only is selected, packet-mode user data is converted to readable text – control and manage-
ment packets are not decoded.
The satellite covering the Atlantic-East region transmits a 5250 Bd A-QPSK P-channel on 1546.0705 MHz.
SAT-B
The SAT-B system carries digital voice, low and high speed data and telex. The forward direction channels
from land earth stations (LES or CES) to mobile earth stations (SES or MES) are 6 kBaud, 12 kBaud and
65.1 kBaud TDM or SCPC depending on service.
Parameter
Value
Frequency range
L-Band/C-Band