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PERFORMANCE
Figure 7 demonstrates the over all error correction performance of the Concatenated correction system employed by the decoder
(under AWGN conditions).
Figure 7: Error Correction Performance
The demodulator. acquisition performance is presented in shown in Table 2
BER Performance
1.00E-08
1.00E-07
1.00E-06
1.00E-05
1.00E-04
1.00E-03
1.00E-02
1.00E-01
1.00E+00
10
10.25
10.5
10.75
11
Eb/No (dB)
Concatenated coded
data
Uncoded Data
Table 2: Demodulator Acquisition Performance
Metric
Performance
Carrier acquisition range
± 600KHz
Symbol acquisition range
>
± 140ppm of baud rate
Carrier tracking range
± 600KHz
Typical acquisition time
< 10 mS