Comtech EF Data MDX420 SkyWire Manual - Manual (Page 21)

MDX420 SkyWire™ Satellite Network Gateway Introduction
MN-MDX420 Revision 6 1–5
1.4.1 SkyWire Network Share Group
The MDX420 can support up to four burst demodulators. Each burst demodulator receives a single
carrier or “share group” supporting up to 8 gateways. With two burst demodulators installed into an
MDX420, a mesh network can now support up to 16 gateways with a single satellite hop connectivity.
Since the MDX420 can have up to 4 burst demodulators installed, a gateway can receive 4 share groups
supporting up to 32 gateways in a mesh network using only 1 burst modulator.
Figure 1-4 SkyWire RX System with Four Share Groups