ONX-220 User's Guide
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June 2020
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Chapter
11 Test Results
OFDM Channels
Measurements for OFDM channels provide more
detail for PLC and MER levels and code word errors,
including:
y
PLC (PHY Link Channel) Level
y
PLC MER
y
PLC CWE (Code Word Error) Correctable
y
PLC CWE Uncorrectable
y
NCP (Next Codeword Pointer) CWE Correctable
y
NCP CWE Uncorrectable
y
A CWE Correctable
y
A CWE Uncorrectable
Codeword (CW)
– A data bucket within a DOCSIS
packet
CW Error (CWE)
– A byte-level data packet
corruption resulting from QAM symbol displacement
across constellation decision boundaries. LDPC can fix
it or not:
y
Correctable CWE (CCWE) are an early warning that the uncorrectable threshold
may be near! Think pre-FEC BER.
y
Uncorrectable CWE (UCWE) indicate dropped packets. Retransmit is required for
recovery. Think post-FEC BER.
CCWE vs. UCWE is determined
by number of corrupted
symbols relative to CMTS
forward error correction level
settings.
There is no recovery from
dropped packets for real-time
apps like VoIP.
Important:
For a good D 3.1
signal, you want to make sure
there are no uncorrectable
CWE.
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