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- From: floyd@polarnet.com (Floyd Davidson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: faster than 28.8
- Date: 15 Feb 1996 07:03:00 GMT
- Organization: __________
- Message-ID: <4fulr4$s28@zippy.cais.net>
- References: <sumner-2001961038000001@sumner.tiac.net> <eric-2601960120540001@sobt.accessorl.n <4fstqv$1ikm@seminole.gate.net> <DMstCE.E5w@freenet.carleton.ca>
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- In article <DMstCE.E5w@freenet.carleton.ca>,
- Anthony Hill <an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote:
- > Actually I have done some experimenting with this. I found that
- >on modems on which I could manually adjust the Tx Power level that values
- >of -12 to -13dBm worked best, while both USR Courier and USR Sportster on
- >the same connection seemed to chose about -11dBm. I never much worried
-
- Technically a "data level" is 13 dB below test tone level because
- there are assumed to be peaks as high as 12 dB above average.
- Normally test tone levels at the CO are very close to 0 dBm. The
- expected level from a telset is 0 dBm, and an average cable pair
- is figured at about 2-3 dB loss. Hence the -11 dBm level is
- "correct". Note that normal PCM digital carrier systems limit at
- about +3.5 dBm, so a short loop with no loss should see a data
- level from the modem no higher than about -9.5 dBm or so, and
- everything lower than that is probably reducing the dynamic range
- over which the modem is able to operate.
-
- (Note that the total loop loss from one end to the other is
- exected to be approximately 9 dB, therefore the receive level is
- expected to be about that much lower than the transmit level.)
-
- Each manufacturer is choosing what they assume to be the most
- reasonable compromise, and I would be very surprized if you can
- actually consistantly measure a significant difference in
- performance over normal telephone lines using a range of from -10
- to -14 dBm. Over loops with higher loss it might very well make
- the difference between one bit rate level and another...
-
- Floyd
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- Floyd L. Davidson Salcha, Alaska floyd@tanana.polarnet.com
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