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APPENDIX A. RECEIVER THRESHOLD DATA
Frequency Band
(GHz)
6G
7-8
10-
11
13
15
18
23
26
28
32
38
42
Guaranteed
Threshold Level
(dBm measured at Ant. port) BER = 10
-6
+ 3.0 dB
QPSK
-84.5 -84.5
-84
-83.5 -83.5
-83
-83.5 -82.5 -82.5 -82.5 -81.5 -79.5
16QAM
-78
-78
-
77.5
-77
-77
-
76.5
-77
-76
-76
-76
-75
-73
32QAM
-75
-75
-
74.5
-74
-74
-
73.5
-74
-73
-73
-73
-72
-70
64QAM
-72
-72
-
71.5
-71
-71
-
70.5
-71
-70
-70
-70
-69
-67
128QAM
-69
-69
-
68.5
-68
-68
-
67.5
-68
-67
-67
-67
-66
-64
256QAM
-65.5 -65.5
-65
-64.5 -64.5
-64
-64.5 -63.5 -63.5 -63.5 -62.5 -60.5
BER = 10
-3
Above value -1.0dB
System Gain
(dB measured at Ant. port) BER = 10
-6
6-28G:
- 3.0 dB
32-42G:
- 4.0 dB
QPSK
113.5 113.5 109 108.5 108.5 107 107.5 105.5 104.5 104.5 101.5 99.5
16QAM
104
104
99.5
99
99
97.5
98
95
94
94
92
89
32QAM
100
100
95.5
95
95
93.5
92
91
91
91
89
86
64QAM
97
97
92.5
92
92
90.5
89
88
88
88
86
82
128QAM
94
94
89.5
89
89
87.5
86
85
85
85
83
79
256QAM
89.5
89.5
85
84.5
84.5
83
81.5
80.5
80.5
80.5
78.5
74.5
BER = 10
-3
Above value +1.0dB
Table A-1. 56 MHz
