Comtech EF Data CDM-570A - Manual (Page 572)

CDM-570A/570AL Satellite Modem with Optional Packet Processor MN-CDM570A
Appendix L Revision 2
L–12
L.2 QoS with ACM (Adaptive Coding and Modulation)
When ACM is enabled, the modem is configured with symbol rate. However, while the QoS
system recognizes data rate, both Layer 2 QoS and Layer 3 QoS operate on data rate. Therefore,
while the symbol rate will be constant in ACM mode, the data rate will not be constant. As a
result, the modem’s data rate can vary "on-the-fly” based on the EbNo. The data rate can be
more or less than when QoS was first configured, or when the modems first boots.
L.2.1 Maximum Clipping
Due to ACM, when in QoS Max-Pri mode and the data rate’s available bandwidth exceeds the
maximum clipping rate, the QoS system limits the output rate of that rule to configured
maximum clipping rate.
When the available data rate is less than the maximum clipping rate, the QoS system has
nothing to clip, since it has not exceeded the defined maximum bandwidth rate.
L.2.2 Minimum Data Rate
Due to ACM, when the data rate’s available bandwidth exceeds the minimum data rate (per QoS
Min-Max and DiffServ modes’ ASFD classes), the QoS system operates as normal; since the
minimum has been met, the available bandwidth is shared among all other same priorities in
round robin fashion.
When the available data rate is less than the minimum data rate, then the QoS system shares
equally among all same priority queues in a round robin fashion until either minimum
bandwidth is met, or no more data is available to drain.
L.2.3 DiffServ w/ACM QoS Example
Do these steps:
1. Select DiffServ Layer 3 QoS mode.
2. Enable ACM.
3. The data rate of the modem drops down from 10 Mbps to 8.7 Mbps due to EbNo.
4. Input data streams are as follows
Stream Protocol Src IP Dest IP Src Port Dest Port Steam Data Rate
1 UDP ***/* ***/* *** *** 10000 Kbps
2 TCP ***/* ***/* *** *** 5000 Kbps
3 HTTP ***/* ***/* *** *** 7000 Kbps
4 def ***/* ****/* *** *** 10000 Kbps