A fully automatic bit error rate tester for Satcom modems

Author

Frall, N.J.

Author_Institution

Defence Res. Agency, UK

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

35011

Firstpage

1088

Abstract

When measuring the bit error rate (BER) performance of Satcom modems operating at telegraph rates, or the sub-telegraph rates employed by some military AJ modems, the size of the sample of bits that must be measured to ensure statistical significance of the error rate calculation is prohibitively large. This problem coupled with the need to provide stable levels of noise and signal, accurate over such a long period of time has led to the development of an automatic bit error rate tester (ABERT) by the UK Defence Research Agency

Keywords

automatic test equipment; error statistics; military equipment; modems; satellite communication; telecommunication equipment testing; Satcom modems; UK Defence Research Agency; automatic bit error rate tester; bit error rate performance; error rate calculation; military AJ modems; noise stability; sample size; satellite communication; signal stability; statistical significance; subtelegraph rates; telegraph rates; Automatic control; Automatic testing; Bit error rate; Error analysis; Interference; Jamming; Modems; Noise level; Size measurement; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1995. MILCOM '95, Conference Record, IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2489-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1995.483663

Filename

483663