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66 Network Design and Engineering Guide 2010-10-26
General Carrier Design
TDMA Carrier Design with ’TDMA Calculator’
2.6.5 Exporting and Importing TDMA Calculator Values
Depending on the tool version, there are two differerent ways for exporting/importing the TDMA
calculation values:
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’TDMA Calculator’ standalone tool: Select from the main menu ’File’ the entry ’Export’ to
create an XML file which contains all input and output parameter. This file can be printed
or sent to the network commissioner who applies the values manually. Saved customer
sheets can be imported in the TDMA Calculator using the ’Import’ function of the menu.
- Sky NMS integrated ’TDMA Calculator’: after calculation click the button ’Apply to Configu-
ration Profile’ at the bottom of the window. The calculated parameters are imported in the
’
Sky NMS Network Configurator’ (for the corresponding configuration profile) and stored in
the Sky NMS database.
The following configuration parameter are applied via mouseclick to the invoking IDU pro-
file:
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Length base gross container
- Minimum TDMA frame time
- Number of reference channels
- Reference burst mode
- Size superframe
- Roll off factor
- Data slot length
- Code rate
- Symbol rate
- Modulation scheme
- Data slots per TDMA frame