INTELSAT EARTH STATION STANDARDS (IESS) Document IESS313 (Rev.

1)

PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR BROADBAND VSAT (BVSAT) DIGITAL CARRIERS (Standard A, B, C, E, F, H4, H3 and K3 Earth Stations)

APPROVAL DATE:

20 November 2000

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SECT. 1. 2. 2.1 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.2.1 2.1.2.2 2.1.2.3 2.1.2.4 2.2 3. 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3 4. 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 5. 5.1 5.2

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INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 1 GENERAL BROADBAND VSAT (BVSAT) SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................................. 1 Service Description .................................................................................................. 2 Service Classes......................................................................................................... 2 Quality of Service (QoS).......................................................................................... 3 Frame Relay QoS ..................................................................................................... 4 IP QoS ...................................................................................................................... 4 ISDN QoS ................................................................................................................ 4 ATM QoS................................................................................................................. 4 TDMA Carrier Characteristics................................................................................. 5 EQUIVALENT ISOTROPICALLY RADIATED POWER (EIRP) ....................... 6 EIRP Correction Factors .......................................................................................... 6 EIRP Adjustment ..................................................................................................... 6 EIRP Stability........................................................................................................... 6 Clear Sky.................................................................................................................. 6 Adverse Weather Conditions ................................................................................... 7 Scintillation Effects.................................................................................................. 7 EMISSION CONSTRAINTS .................................................................................. 7 OffAxis Emission Constraint and Allowable Connectivity ................................... 7 Spurious Emissions (Except Intermodulation Products).......................................... 7 Spurious Emissions Intermodulation Products ..................................................... 8 RF OutofBand Emission (Carrier Spectral Sidelobes)......................................... 8 FREQUENCY TOLERANCES AND SPECTRUM INVERSION ........................ 8 Carrier RF Tolerance ............................................................................................... 8 Satellite Transponder Frequency Tolerance............................................................. 9

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SECT. 5.3 6. 7. 7.1 7.2 8. 9. 9.1 9.1.1 9.1.1.1 9.1.1.2 9.1.2 9.1.2.1 9.1.2.2 9.2 9.2.1 9.2.2 9.2.3 9.2.4 9.2.5 9.2.6 10.

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Spectrum Inversion .................................................................................................. 9 OPERATIONAL BANDWIDTH AND FREQUENCY RANGE........................... 9 PHASE NOISE ........................................................................................................ 9 Earth Station (Transmit)........................................................................................... 9 Earth Station (Receive) .......................................................................................... 10 CARRIER LINEUP AND INSERVICE MONITORING................................. 10 INTERFACES ....................................................................................................... 11 Indoor Unit (IDU) .................................................................................................. 11 70 MHz IF Interface (LINKWAY2000 Only) ................................................... 11 Transmit (To ODU) ............................................................................................... 11 Receive (From ODU)............................................................................................. 11 LBand IF Interface (LINKWAY2100 and IP Only) ........................................ 11 Transmit (To ODU) ............................................................................................... 12 Receive (From ODU)............................................................................................. 12 Terrestrial Interfaces .............................................................................................. 12 DS3 (44.736 Mbit/s) ATM..................................................................................... 12 E3 (34.368 Mbit/s) ATM ....................................................................................... 13 Internet Protocol (IP) ............................................................................................. 13 Serial Synchronous ................................................................................................ 13 E1 (2.048 Mbit/s) Interface.................................................................................... 14 DS1/T1 (1.544 Mbit/s)........................................................................................... 14 CONTROL OF TRANSMITTING BVSAT TERMINALS.................................. 15

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page iii LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table B.1 Table B.2 Table B.3 PAGE

BVSAT Networks Transponder Assignments .................................................. 16 Frame Relay Service Classes Defined In Rec. ITUT X.146................................ 17 BVSAT Carrier Performance Objectives (Through Satellite Channel) ................. 18 EIRP Stability Requirements ................................................................................. 19 BVSAT Terminal Nominal EIRP Requirements for Operation with INTELSAT 801 (328.5E Longitude, CBand Downlinks, dBW) .................... B2 BVSAT Terminal Nominal EIRP Requirements for Operation with INTELSAT 801 (328.5E Longitude, KuBand Downlinks, dBW) .................. B3 BVSAT Terminal Nominal EIRP Requirements for Operation with APR2 Capacity [SINOSAT-1 @ 110.5 East Longitude, CBand (Linear Polarization), dBW]............................................................................... B4 BVSAT Terminal Nominal EIRP Requirements for Operation with INTELSAT 804 (64 East Longitude, CBand Downlinks, dBW).................... B5 BVSAT Terminal Nominal EIRP Requirements for Operation with INTELSAT 804 (64 East Longitude, KuBand Downlinks, dBW).................. B6 BVSAT Terminal Nominal EIRP Requirements (Provisional) for Operation with INTELSAT 901 (62 East Longitude, dBW) ............................ B7 LIST OF FIGURES

Table B.4 Table B.5 Table B.6

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9

Europe / Americas Network Europe Coverage Diagram.................................... 20 Europe / Americas Network Americas Coverage Diagram ................................ 21 Europe / Africa Network Africa Coverage Diagram .......................................... 22 PanAsia Network CBand Coverage Diagram (SINOSAT1 @ 110.5E).................................................................................................................. 23 Europe / NE Asia Network Europe Coverage Diagram...................................... 24 Europe / NE Asia Network NE Zone Coverage Diagram................................... 25 Europe / Middle East Network Europe Coverage Diagram................................ 26 Europe / Middle East Network Middle East Coverage Diagram........................ 27 Single Sideband Phase Noise Spectral Density...................................................... 28

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LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX A APPENDIX B APPENDIX C ITU References Nominal EIRP Requirements for BVSAT Terminals Revision History

LIST OF ACRONYMS ACRONYM AC AFC AMI ANSI ATM BER BNMS BOD BVSAT BW CBR CIR COMSAT DC e.i.r.p. EIRP FEC FLR DEFINITION Alternating Current Automatic Frequency Control Alternate Mark Inversion American National Standards Institute Asynchronous Transfer Mode Bit Error Ratio BVSAT Network Management System BandwidthOnDemand Broadband VSAT Bandwidth Committed Bit Rate Committed Information Rate Communications Satellite Corporation Direct Current Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power Forward Error Correction Frame Loss Ratio

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page v LIST OF ACRONYMS ACRONYM FR FTD HDB3 IDU IEEE IESS IF IFL INTELSAT IP ISDN ITU MBR MBS ODU PLCP PRI PVC QoS QPSK RF SBR SCSI SFD SS7 SSOG DEFINITION Frame Relay Frame Transfer Delay High Density Bipolar 3 Indoor Unit Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers INTELSAT Earth Station Standard Intermediate Frequency InterFacility Link International Telecommunications Satellite Organization Internet Protocol Integrated Services Digital Network International Telecommunication Union Maximum Burst Rate Maximum Burst Size Outdoor Unit Physical Layer Convergence Protocol Primary Rate Interface Permanent Virtual Circuit Quality of Service Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Radio Frequency Sustainable Burst Rate Small Computer Systems Interface Saturation Flux Density Signalling System No. 7 Satellite Systems Operations Guide

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page vi LIST OF ACRONYMS ACRONYM SVC TDMA UBR UNI VBRnrt VBRrt VC VPN VSAT DEFINITION Switched Virtual Circuit Time Division Multiple Access Unspecified Bit Rate User Network Interface Variable Bit Rate nonreal time Variable Bit Rate real time Virtual Circuit Virtual Private Network Very Small Aperture Terminal

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INTELSAT EARTH STATION STANDARDS (IESS) PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR BROADBAND VSAT (BVSAT) DIGITAL CARRIERS 1. INTRODUCTION This document provides the performance characteristics of Broadband VSAT (BVSAT) digital carriers for operation with Standard A, B, C, E, F, H4, H3 and K-3 BVSAT terminals accessing the INTELSAT VIII, IX and APR2 capacity on SINOSAT-1 at 110.5 East longitude. It is intended to assist Users in planning their earth station RF equipment and terrestrial interfaces. The BVSAT service is a network service that offers INTELSATs business customers broadband multimedia internetworking capabilities on a regional and international basis. The service is offered in specific transponders using INTELSAT's satellite fleet in CBand and KuBand capacity (see Table 1). The BVSAT traffic terminal comprises an antenna, an outdoor unit (ODU) and an indoor unit (IDU). The LBand versions of the IDU (LINKWAY2100 and LINKWAYIP) are only available integrated with an ODU and only from a single vendor, COMSAT Laboratories. The 70 MHz version of the IDU (LINKWAY2000) can be purchased separately from COMSAT Laboratories and used with a variety of uplink chain configurations. Due to the technical difficulties associated with testing small aperture earth stations using INTELSAT facilities (e.g., lack of motorized drives and accurate angular scaling devices), it is strongly recommended that all standard H, K, F1 and E1 BVSAT terminals utilize typeapproved antennas or be individually tested on an antenna test range at the sole cost of the earth station owner. Those small aperture earth stations capable of being tested using INTELSAT facilities may experience long delays due to the potentially large numbers of earth stations seeking access to INTELSAT and the limited resources available for testing. 2. GENERAL BROADBAND VSAT (BVSAT) SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS The service descriptions in this IESS module explain the existing service and planned future enhancements.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 2 2.1 Service Description The BVSAT service is a packetbased network that offers the following features: 2.1.1 Bandwidth-on-demand (BOD) capacity with guaranteed qualities of service (QoS). Seamless support for terrestrial protocols such as IP, Frame Relay, ISDN and ATM. Support for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in Mesh, Star and Hybrid configurations. Data connections ranging from 16 kbit/s to 4.096 Mbit/s. Simultaneous multiple connections from a single traffic terminal. Multi-transponder operation. Asymmetric connectivities. Multicasting and broadcasting.

Service Classes The BVSAT service supports the following types of connections: Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC) offers a fulltime logical connection. Switched Virtual Circuit (SVC) offers a logical connection that is initiated and relinquished on user request. An SVC connection is subject to call blocking at call setup. INTELSAT will ensure an acceptable performance for blocking probability in SVC call setup through proper traffic engineering and dimensioning of the network capacity.

During a virtual connection, the quality of service for PVCs and SVCs are identical. The detailed SVC call setup procedures are not known at this time, but it is certain that any implementation will closely follow the recommendations specified by international standard bodies or industry forums. The BVSAT service will initially support only PVC connections. It is planned to support Frame Relay and ISDN SVC connections beginning in the second quarter of 2001 and ATM SVC connections in the fourth quarter of 2001. Any BVSAT virtual circuit, PVC or SVC, is defined by two elements: committed information rate (CIR) and maximum burst rate (MBR). The BVSAT network will

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 3 preassign capacity to assure the CIR, and provide ondemand capacity on a best effort basis, to support data rates in excess of the CIR up to the MBR. The network will discard data in excess of the MBR. In addition to PVC or SVC classes, the BVSAT service also allows the leasing of an entire BVSAT carrier. The following summarizes the service classes: PVC with CIR > 0, MBR = 2 x CIR. PVC with CIR = 0, MBR selectable. PVC with CBR (Constant Bit Rate) (CBR = CIR = MBR). SVC with CIR > 0, MBR = 2 x CIR. SVC with CIR = 0, MBR selectable. SVC with CBR (CBR = CIR = MBR). BVSAT carrier.

Virtual Connections Examples: A VC (PVC or SVC) having a CIR of 64 kbit/s will be assured of having that amount of capacity reserved. The connection will be permitted to burst up to an MBR of 128 kbit/s. Data in excess of 64 kbit/s will be offered on a besteffort basis. Data in excess of 128 kbit/s will be discarded at the network entrance. A BVSAT CBR connection of 64 kbit/s will be assured of having that amount of capacity reserved. Data in excess of 64 kbit/s will be discarded at the network entrance. A CIR = 0 connection with an MBR of 64 kbit/s will accommodate all data on a besteffort basis. Data in excess of 64 kbit/s will be discarded at the network entrance. The CIR = 0 service class is expected to be attractive for use with delaytolerant traffic such as email.

2.1.2

Quality of Service (QoS) The QoS provided for various protocols is described below.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 4 2.1.2.1 Frame Relay QoS The Frame Relay QoS is defined by ITU Recommendation X.146, as shown in Table 2. Table 2 defines various service classes and their performance objectives. BVSAT will support Class 0 and Class 1 performance. Class 2 and Class 3 are optional in Rec. ITUT X.146 and will not be supported by BVSAT. The BVSAT CIR > 0 offering corresponds to the Class 1 service. Because of capacity preassignment, CIR traffic will not be subjected to congestion due to capacity shortage. Frame Loss Ratio (FLR) is only attributed to cell loss due to link unavailability. An FLR of 1x10-3, which is defined as the performance objective for the Class 1 service, can be achieved with a link availability of 99.6% to a threshold BER of 108, which INTELSAT has selected as the link availability performance for the BVSAT service. Frame Transfer Delay (FTD) in the BVSAT system consists primarily of satellite delay, TDMA framing delay and terminal buffer delay. TDMA framing delay is, at a maximum, equivalent to the TDMA frame length, which will normally be set between 24 ms to 40 ms. The delay contribution from terminal buffering is negligible for high priority traffic, such as realtime applications. A single hop satellite link can meet the FTD performance objective of 400 ms. User data in excess of the CIR corresponds to the Class 0 service in Table 2. This class is subject to frame loss due to network congestion. There is no performance bound specified in ITU X.146 for this class. 2.1.2.2 IP QoS IP traffic will be mapped to a BVSAT CIR = 0 service. Those IP customers who want a guaranteed minimum throughput can route IP over FR or ATM and subscribe to a VC with a CIR > 0. 2.1.2.3 ISDN QoS The ISDN rate of n x 64 kbit/s (up to 2048 kbit/s) will be mapped to BVSAT CBR service having the same data rate. 2.1.2.4 ATM QoS ATM traffic descriptors will be mapped to BVSAT traffic QoS descriptors as follows: (a) ATM CBR (constant bit rate) traffic will have its SBR (sustainable burst rate) mapped directly to the BVSAT CBR service.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 5 (b) ATM VBRrt and nrt (variable bit ratereal time and non-real time) will have its SBR mapped directly to the BVSAT CIR. The ATM MBS (maximum burst size) will be set to match the BVSAT MBR (2 x CIR). ATM ABR (available bit rate) is not supported. ATM UBR (unspecified bit rate) will be mapped to the BVSAT CIR = 0 service. Users can select the maximum burst rate. TDMA Carrier Characteristics

(c) (d)

The TDMA carriers used in the INTELSAT BVSAT system employ an inner Rate FEC (convolutional encoding/Viterbi decoding) and ReedSolomon (236, 216) outer coding in conjunction with QPSK modulation. Aggregate User Information Rates * (per TDMA carrier) of 512 kbit/s, 2048 kbit/s or 4096 kbit/s are planned. Table 3 provides the carrier channel spacing and the nominal occupied bandwidths for the four User information rates employed in the BVSAT service as well as the service performance objectives. INTELSAT will provide a bit error rate (BER) that is virtually errorfree (BER < 1010) under clearsky conditions and, under degraded sky conditions, a BER of less than or equal to 108 for more than 99.6% of the year at both CBand and KuBand. Since BVSAT carriers may share transponders with carriers employing other approved modulation techniques, BVSAT terminals are designed so that carriers can be received in the presence of adjacent carriers which employ other approved modulation techniques. In general, the HPA is a major cost component of a VSAT terminal. In order to minimize the cost of the ground terminal, INTELSAT will offer the BVSAT service using TDMA carriers of various data rates. Traffic terminals with lower throughput requirements can access the lower rate TDMA carriers to minimize the HPA requirements. Users are urged, when planning their terminals, to consider the evolution of multimedia applications towards higher throughput data rates.

The information rate at the input to the TDMA FEC/modulator (see Table 3), which determines the operating carriertonoise density ratio (C/No) for the link, is higher by a factor of the reciprocal of the TDMA frame efficiency. The TDMA frame efficiency (excluding TDMA frame overheads, guardtimes and protocols) is approximately 89.5% for the BVSAT system.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 6 3. EQUIVALENT ISOTROPICALLY RADIATED POWER (EIRP) The nominal BVSAT earth station EIRP requirements are provided in Appendix B and were determined on the assumption that BVSAT terminals will not, in general, be located at the edge of the satellite beam coverage (i.e., there is an assumed nominal uplink and downlink beam pattern advantage). For terminals lying outside this nominal coverage area, the requirements of Section 3.1 shall apply. A BVSAT terminal can operate with a variety of receive earth station standards ranging from Standard A to Standard H3 at CBand and Standard C to K3 at Ku-Band. In designing the BVSAT terminals transmit equipment, Users should, therefore, consider the minimum performance receive terminal and/or the maximum carrier symbol rate anticipated in determining the maximum EIRP that will need to be supported. It is strongly recommended that all Standard H, K, E1 and F1 BVSAT terminals utilize typeapproved antennas. 3.1 EIRP Correction Factors In deriving the maximum uplink EIRP requirements for BVSAT terminals, an uplink and downlink pattern advantage of 2 dB was assumed at CBand. For KuBand, an uplink and downlink pattern advantage of 3 dB was assumed. For the APR2 capacity on SINOSAT1, an uplink and downlink pattern advantage of 1.0 dB was assumed. For BVSAT terminals that are located outside the assumed beam pattern coverage, Users must use, as a minimum, a Standard H4 at CBand and a Standard E1 at KuBand. 3.2 EIRP Adjustment The necessary EIRP per carrier during clearsky condition is a function of the satellite sensitivity, the geographic location of the transmitting and receiving BVSAT terminals, the receive BVSAT terminals G/T, and the TDMA carriers symbol rate. The BVSAT Network Management System (BNMS) will, depending on these characteristics, command the transmitting BVSAT terminals IDU to an appropriate IF transmit level which will result in the desired EIRP. 3.3 3.3.1 EIRP Stability Clear Sky The EIRP in the direction of the satellite shall, under clearsky condition and light wind, meet the stability requirements of Table 4. This tolerance includes all factors causing variation, such as HPA output power instability, frequency response of the

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 7 uplink transmit equipment across the bandwidth allocated for BVSAT operation, transmitting equipment gain instability and antenna tracking error, added on a root sumsquare basis. To meet the EIRP stability requirements, Users of Standard E2, E3, F2 and F3 BVSAT terminals that are not equipped with autotracking capability will need to perform antenna alignment when the satellite is near the center of its stationkeeping box. Satellite position can be calculated using the method described in IESS412. 3.3.2 Adverse Weather Conditions In the event of adverse local weather conditions, BVSAT terminals are designed to employ uplink power control at both CBand and KuBand. 3.3.3 Scintillation Effects Tropospheric scintillation can occur in CBand and KuBand under both adverse weather and clearweather conditions. The effects of scintillation may be significant on links having elevation angles less than 20. On links having elevation angles near 5, scintillation effects can be severe. As a consequence of scintillation, antennas employing active tracking on low elevation paths may experience antenna mispointing or may transmit excessive EIRP levels when uplink power control is employed. The use of program tracking is, therefore, highly recommended on links operating with elevation angles less than 20 for those periods when tropospheric scintillation is severe. Program tracking is also recommended as the primary tracking method for antennas with elevation angles below 10. 4. 4.1 EMISSION CONSTRAINTS OffAxis Emission Constraint and Allowable Connectivity The maximum EIRP radiated by an earth station is constrained by the offaxis emission density limits of Recommendation ITUR S.5245. All of the nominal EIRP requirements shown in Appendix B meet this constraint. BVSAT terminals whose EIRPs exceed this constraint will not be permitted to operate within the INTELSAT BVSAT system. 4.2 Spurious Emissions (Except Intermodulation Products) BVSAT services are presently envisioned on INTELSAT VIII, IX and APR2 capacity on SINOSAT1.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 8 The EIRP outside of the satellite bandwidth unit allocated for BVSAT services, which results from spurious tones, bands of noise, or other undesirable signals, but excluding the multicarrier intermodulation products and spectral spreading due to earth station nonlinearities, shall not exceed 4 dBW in any 4 kHz band within the following frequency ranges: Operating Satellite INTELSAT VIII, IX & SINOSAT1 INTELSAT VIII & IX 4.3 Frequency Range 5,850 to 6,425 MHz 14,000 to 14,500 MHz

Spurious Emissions Intermodulation Products The mandatory EIRP limits for intermodulation products resulting from multicarrier operation of the earth station wideband RF equipment are specified in IESS401.

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RF OutofBand Emission (Carrier Spectral Sidelobes) To limit interference into adjacent carriers, the EIRP density outside of the satellite bandwidth unit allocated for each carrier resulting from spectral regrowth due to earth station nonlinearities measured in a 4 kHz band shall be at least 26 dB below the main carrier spectral density when transmitted from a Standard A, B, C, E or F earth station and at least 23 dB below the main carrier spectral density for transmissions from a Standard H or K earth station.

5. 5.1

FREQUENCY TOLERANCES AND SPECTRUM INVERSION Carrier RF Tolerance Although the BVSAT IF equipment has an automatic frequency control (AFC) feature that can automatically maintain the transmit carrier frequency to within a certain limit of its assigned value and assist in the acquisition of a receive carrier, the carrier frequency tolerance limit specified below shall apply to the frequency instability attributable to the earth station RF equipment alone. Improvement realized in the frequency stability due to the AFC shall not be assumed in the following specifications. The daily transmit RF frequency stability shall be less than 1 x 107. The daily receive RF frequency stability shall be less than 25 kHz.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 9 5.2 Satellite Transponder Frequency Tolerance The translation frequency tolerance due to the satellite should be assumed to be no worse than 25 kHz for the INTELSAT VIII, IX and SINOSAT1 satellites over their lifetime. The translation frequency tolerance over any one month is typically about 2.5 kHz for INTELSAT satellites and SINOSAT1. 5.3 Spectrum Inversion The IDU is capable of operating with either an inverted or noninverted spectrum. The transmitted RF carrier spectrum shall not be inverted.

6.

OPERATIONAL BANDWIDTH AND FREQUENCY RANGE BVSAT terminals are capable of operating with multiple TDMA carriers by frequencyhopping between carriers located within an operational bandwidth range of 250 MHz. The frequency ranges of operation are as follows: Uplink CBand: INTELSAT VIII, IX & SINOSAT1 KuBand: INTELSAT VIII & IX 14,000 14,500 10,950 11,200 11,450 11,700 MHz 5,850 6,425 3,625 4,200 MHz Downlink Units

7. 7.1

PHASE NOISE Earth Station (Transmit) The single sideband phase noise on the transmitted carrier shall satisfy either of the following two limits: Limit 1: The single sideband phase noise is assumed to consist of a continuous component and a spurious component. The single sideband power spectral density of the continuous component shall not exceed the envelope shown in Figure 9. A

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 10 spurious component at the fundamental AC line frequency shall not exceed 30 dB relative to the level of the transmitted carrier. The single sideband sum (added on a power basis) of all other individual spurious components shall not exceed 36 dB relative to the level of the transmitted carrier. (The total phase noise including both sidebands can be up to 3 dB higher.) or Limit 2: The single sideband phase noise due to both the continuous and spurious components integrated over the bandwidth 100 Hz to 0.3 R Hz away from the center frequency, where R is the maximum carrier transmission rate in bits per second (after FEC is applied) that will be transmitted from the BVSAT earth station, shall not exceed 2.2 degrees RMS. The total phase noise due to both sidebands shall not exceed 2.8 degrees RMS. The option of satisfying either of these two limits has been provided because it is recognized the phase noise spectrum can have various distributions which, when integrated, will have the same overall effect. 7.2 Earth Station (Receive) The phase noise performance of the earth station shall be consistent with the proper operation of the carrier recovery system of the demodulator given the allowable phase noise contribution of the corresponding earth station and that expected from the satellite. Users are referred to the IESS400 series of modules for information on the expected phase noise contribution from the satellite. As a minimum, it is recommended that phase noise requirements, specified in Section 7.1, should also be met for the earth station receive equipment. 8. CARRIER LINEUP AND INSERVICE MONITORING It is expected that one or more of the TDMA burst time slots, to be shared by all BVSAT terminals, will be designated by INTELSAT for lineup tests. The full procedures covering the BVSAT carrier lineup are contained in SSOG313. Inservice carrier performance will be monitored via periodic reporting of carrier performance from the BVSAT traffic terminals to the BNMS. Longterm trending for statistical analysis may be performed by the BNMS.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 11 9. 9.1 9.1.1 INTERFACES Indoor Unit (IDU) 70 MHz IF Interface (LINKWAY2000 Only) The 70 MHz IF interface between the Outdoor Unit (ODU) and the BVSAT Indoor Unit (IDU) shall comply with the following requirements: 9.1.1.1 Transmit (To ODU) Center frequency: Characteristic impedance: IF Interface Connector: Return loss: Transmit level range: 9.1.1.2 Receive (From ODU) Center frequency: Characteristic impedance: IF Interface Connector: Return loss: Receive level: 70 MHz 18 MHz 75 Ohm BNC Jack 15 dB minimum 17 dBm maximum (aggregate) 70 MHz 18 MHz 75 Ohm BNC Jack 15 dB minimum 25 dBm to 5 dBm

9.1.2

LBand IF Interface (LINKWAY2100 and IP Only) The LBand IF interface between the Outdoor Unit (ODU) and the BVSAT Indoor Unit (IDU) shall comply with the following requirements:

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 12 9.1.2.1.1 Transmit (To ODU) Frequency Range: Characteristic impedance: IF Interface Connector: Return loss: Transmit level range: 9.1.2.1.2 Receive (From ODU) Frequency Range: Characteristic impedance: IF Interface Connector: Return loss: Receive level 9.2 Terrestrial Interfaces The following terrestrial interfaces are available on the BVSAT IDU: 9.2.1 DS3 (44.736 Mbit/s) ATM Physical: ATM: Connector: DS3 (44.736 Mbit/s) ANSI T1.107 Cbit and M23 framing ITUT G.804 mapping (PLCP and direct mapped) ITUT I.432 compliant ATM Forum UNI 3.1 and UNI 4.0 compliant 950 to 1750 MHz 75 Ohm Type F Jack 15 dB minimum 17 dBm maximum (aggregate) 950 to 1525 MHz 50 Ohm Type N Jack 15 dB minimum 30 dBm to 5 dBm

2 x 75 BNC

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 13 9.2.2 E3 (34.368 Mbit/s) ATM Physical: ATM: Connector: E3 (34.368 Mbit/s) ITUT G.703 compliant ITUT G.751 and G.832 framing ITUT G.804 direct mapping ITUT I.432 compliant ATM Forum UNI 3.1 and UNI 4.0 compliant

2 x 75 BNC

9.2.3

Internet Protocol (IP) Physical: IP Connector: 10BaseT IEEE 802.3 compliant

6pin RJ45 jack

9.2.4

Serial Synchronous The Serial Synchronous interface supports Frame Relay: Physical: Frame Relay Connector: 64 to 2048 kbit/s RS449 / RS422 RS530 / RS422 V.35 26pin SCSI connector RS449 37pin D connector with converter cable RS530 25pin D connector with converter cable V.35 connector with converter cable

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 14 9.2.5 E1 (2.048 Mbit/s) Interface The E1 interface supports ISDN PRI and SS7 (associated and nonassociated signaling): Physical Layer: SS7 / ISDN: SS7 Nonassociated Signaling Connector: E1 Connector: 9.2.6 DS1/T1 (1.544 Mbit/s) The DS1/T1 User Interface supports ISDN PRI and SS7 (associated and non associated signaling): Physical Layer: DS1 (1.544 Mbit/s) ANSI T1.102, T1.107 and T1.403 compliant B8ZS or AMI coding SF, ESF, and frame formats 26pin SCSI connector RS449 37pin D connector with converter cable RS530 25pin D connector with converter cable V.35 connector with converter cable RJ48C for a 120 symmetrical line or 2 x 75 BNC for a 75 coaxial line E1 (2.048 Mbit/s) ITUT G.703 and G.704 compliant HDB3 and AMI coding

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 15 SS7 / ISDN: SS7 Nonassociated Signaling Connector: DS1 Connector: 26pin SCSI connector RS449 37pin D connector with converter cable RS530 25pin D connector with converter cable V.35 connector with converter cable

RJ48C for a 120 symmetrical line

10.

CONTROL OF TRANSMITTING BVSAT TERMINALS In view of the numerous earth stations accessing the space segment on a multiple access (simultaneous) basis, any variation in transmit RF frequency, transmit EIRP, and antenna tracking could cause interference with other services or cause hazardous conditions in the space segment. Accordingly, it is mandatory that BVSAT terminals be controlled at all times to avoid such interference. This requirement is considered to be satisfied when BVSAT terminals are attended 24-hours per day by operating personnel capable of adjusting frequency, EIRP, and tracking, as required. In the event that BVSAT terminals are not manned on a 24-hour per day basis, the BNMS will monitor and immediately turn off BVSAT RF carriers that are interfering with services or creating hazardous conditions in the space segment.

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Table 1 BVSAT Networks Transponder Assignments
BVSAT Start of Connectivity Europe / Americas: Europe to Americas Americas to Europe Europe Loopback Americas Loopback Europe to Africa Africa to Europe Africa to Africa PanAsia: APR2 Zone Loopback Europe / Asia: Europe to Asia Asia to Europe Asia Loopback Europe / Middle East: Europe to Middle East Middle East to Europe Europe Loopback Middle East Loopback 3Q2001 901 62 S1 S2 S1 S2 S2 S1 S1 S2 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 36 36 36 36 14.355 14.355 14.395 14.395 11.555 11.555 11.595 11.595 83.0* 83.0* 83.0* 83.0* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 +3 +3 +3 +3 47.0 47.0 47.0 47.0 +3 +3 +3 +3 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4Q2000 804 64 S1 NE NE NE S1 NE 78 78 9 18 18 5 72 72 36 14.314 6.220 6.280 3.995 11.514 4.055 79.5 80.0 80.0 2.0 5.0 5.0 +3 +2 +2 34.5 44.0 34.5 +2 +3 +2 7.4 4.2 7.4 5.5 3.0 5.5 4Q2000 SINO SAT-1 110.5 Zone Zone 1B 36 36 5.925 3.700 91.0 3.0 +1 36.0 +1 5.2 4.0 Service 3Q2000 801 328.5 S2 WH S2 WH S2 EH EH WH S2 S2 WH EH S2 EH 56 56 79 78 56 56 12 12 12 8 36 12 12 4 72 72 112 72 72 72 72 14.205 6.130 14.314 6.220 14.205 6.130 5.964 3.905 11.155 11.514 3.995 3.905 11.155 3.739 83.0 85.7 83.0 83.0 85.0 83.3 -79.8 2.0 8.0 2.0 8.0 2.0 8.0 -8.0 +3 +2 +3 +2 +3 +2 +2 34.5 44.0 44.0 34.5 34.5 44.0 34.5 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +2 7.4 4.2 5.5 7.4 7.4 4.2 -7.4 5.5 3.0 3.5 5.5 5.5 3.0 -5.5 Sat. Location (Deg. E) Beam Up Down Xpdr Bank BW (MHz) Xpdr. BW (MHz) Frequency Up (GHz) Down (GHz) Beam Edge SFD
2

Beam Edge G/T

U/L Pattern Adv. (dB)

Saturation B.E. EIRP (dBW)

D/L Pattern Adv. (dB)

Transponder Backoff Input (dB) Output (dB)

(dBW/m ) (dB/K)

Preliminary assumption only. The proper parameters will be determined following the launch and operation of INTELSAT 901.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 17 Table 2 Frame Relay Service Classes Defined In Rec. ITUT X.146

Class 0 1

Network support Mandatory, default class Mandatory

FLRc No upper bound specified on FLRc. Value < 1x103 and 95th percentile of weighted 15-minute values < 3x103. Value < 3x105, and 95th percentile of weighted 15-minute values < 1x104. Value < 3x105, and 95th percentile of weighted 15-minute values for month < 1 x104.

FTD (ms) No upper bound specified on FTD. 95th percentile < 400 ms

Optional

95th percentile < 400 ms.

Optional

95th percentile < 150 ms

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 18 Table 3 BVSAT Carrier Performance Objectives (Through Satellite Channel)
Parameter 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Aggregate User Information Rate per TDMA Carrier* TDMA Frame Efficiency TDMA Information Rate FEC Rate ReedSolomon Coding Transmit Bit Rate Transmit Symbol Rate Noise Bandwidth Allocated Bandwidth 512 89.5 572 (236, 216) 1.250 0.625 0.625 832.5 2048 89.5 2288 (236, 216) 5.0 2.5 2.5 3262.5 4096 89.5 4577 (236, 216) 10.0 5.0 5.0 6502.5 Mbit/s Msym/s MHz kHz Units kbit/s % kbit/s

10. Threshold (Minimum Performance): BER Eb/No C/T 11. Margin to Threshold: CBand: KuBand: 12. ClearSky Performance BER C/T: CBand KuBand < 1010 164.2 162.2 99.6 < 1010 158.5 156.5 99.6 < 1010 155.5 153.5 99.6 dBW/K dBW/K % of year 1.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 dB dB 108 5.8 165.2 108 5.5 159.5 108 5.5 156.5 dB dBW/K

13. Link Availability (w.r.t. Threshold)

The Aggregate User Information Rate per TDMA carrier is equal to the TDMA Information Rate times the TDMA Frame Efficiency. Since the TDMA frame efficiency is an approximation (see footnote below), the Aggregate User Information Rate is also an approximation. The summation of all circuits in a TDMA carrier will be less than or equal to the rates shown. The TDMA frame efficiency shown is an approximation only. It excludes frame overheads, guardtimes and protocols. The actual frame efficiency will vary depending on the mix of network protocols supported by the RF carrier. The allocated bandwidth is equal to 1.3 x carrier symbol rate, rounded to the nearest odd integer multiple of 22.5 kHz.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 19 Table 4 EIRP Stability Requirements

Earth Station

Maximum Permitted EIRP Variation (dB) 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

A B C F3 F2 F1 H4 H3 H2 K3 K2

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 20 Figure 1 Europe / Americas Network Europe Coverage Diagram

60E 60N 330E 0E

30E

+6 +5 +4

30N

+3 +2 +1 0 -1 -2

EL=0 EL=5 EL=10

View : Orthographic 48.13 N 6.58 E Status : INTELSAT APPROVED

Plot Date: 15 May 2000 pc5f13\iess313-f1.apr

NOTE: In deriving the nominal uplink EIRP requirements for BVSAT terminals, an uplink and downlink pattern advantage of 3 dB was assumed for KuBand. For BVSAT terminals located outside the assumed beam pattern coverage, Users must use, as a minimum, a Standard E1.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 21 Figure 2 Europe / Americas Network Americas Coverage Diagram

60N

30N
+4

+3 +4 +2 +2 0 -2

0N 240E 270 E
+3

0E

300E

330E

+4

30S

EL=0 EL=5 EL=10

60S
+4

View : Orthographic 5.0 N 295.0 E Status : INTELSAT APPROVED

Plot Date: 12 May 2000 pc5f13\iess313-f3.apr

NOTE: In deriving the nominal uplink EIRP requirements for BVSAT terminals, an uplink and downlink pattern advantage of 2 dB was assumed for CBand. For BVSAT terminals located outside the assumed beam pattern coverage, Users must use, as a minimum, a Standard H4.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 22 Figure 3 Europe / Africa Network Africa Coverage Diagram

+1

60N

+3

+3 +4

30N

-2

+2

+2

0N 300E 330E

+3

60E 0E
+3

30E

EL=0 EL=5

30S

+3

EL=10

View : Orthographic 10.5 N 359.0 E Status : INTELSAT APPROVED

Plot Date: 15 May 2000 pc5f13\iess313-f4.apr

NOTE: In deriving the nominal uplink EIRP requirements for BVSAT terminals, an uplink and downlink pattern advantage of 2 dB was assumed for CBand. For BVSAT terminals that are located outside the assumed beam pattern coverage, Users must use, as a minimum, a Standard H4.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 23 Figure 4 PanAsia Network CBand Coverage Diagram (APR2 Capacity on SINOSAT1 @ 110.5E)
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

9 8 7 6 5 4

9 8 7 6 5 4

ZB

3 2 1
110.5 E

3 2 1

W 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

View : Orthographic 110.5 E Status : INTELSAT APPROVED

Plot Date: 23 August 2000 pc5f13:IAP111ZB.txt

NOTE: In deriving the nominal uplink EIRP requirements for BVSAT terminals, an uplink and downlink pattern advantage of 1.0 dB was assumed for the APR2 capacity on SINOSAT1.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 24 Figure 5 Europe / NE Asia Network Europe Coverage Diagram

300E

330E 60N 0E 30E 60E

EL=0
+7

EL=5 EL=10

+6 +5 +4 +3 +2 +1 0 -1 -2

30N

View : Orthographic 48.39 N 25.16 E Status : INTELSAT APPROVED

Plot Date: 15 May 2000 pc5f13\iess313-f5.apr

NOTE: In deriving the nominal uplink EIRP requirements for BVSAT terminals, an uplink and downlink pattern advantage of 3 dB was assumed for KuBand. For BVSAT terminals located outside the assumed beam pattern coverage, Users must use, as a minimum, a Standard E1.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 25 Figure 6 Europe / NE Asia Network NE Zone Coverage Diagram

30E 60N 60E -2

-1 0 +1 +2

150E

90E
+3

120E

30N

+4 +5 +6

EL=0
+4

EL=5 EL=10

0N

View : Orthographic 45.27 N 101.39 E Status : INTELSAT APPROVED

Plot Date: 15 May 2000 pc5f13\iess313-f6.apr

NOTE: In deriving the nominal uplink EIRP requirements for BVSAT terminals, an uplink and downlink pattern advantage of 2 dB was assumed for CBand. For BVSAT terminals located outside the assumed beam pattern coverage, Users must use, as a minimum, a Standard H4.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 26 Figure 7 Europe / Middle East Network Europe Coverage Diagram

330E 60N

90E

0E 30E

60E

30N
+5 +4 +3 +2 +1

EL=0

0 -1 -2

EL=5 EL=10

0N

View : Orthographic 41.19 N 27.03 E Status : INTELSAT APPROVED

Plot Date: 15 May 2000 pc5f13\iess313-f7.apr

NOTE: In deriving the nominal uplink EIRP requirements for BVSAT terminals, an uplink and downlink pattern advantage of 3 dB was assumed for KuBand. For BVSAT terminals located outside the assumed beam pattern coverage, Users must use, as a minimum, a Standard E1.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 27

Figure 8
Europe / Middle East Network Middle East Coverage Diagram
60N

-2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3

+4

30N

30E

60E

View : Orthographic 31.53 N 53.92 E Status : INTELSAT APPROVED

Plot Date: 15 May 2000 pc5f13\iess313-f2.apr

NOTE: In deriving the nominal uplink EIRP requirements for BVSAT terminals, an uplink and downlink pattern advantage of 3 dB was assumed for KuBand. For BVSAT terminals located outside the assumed beam pattern coverage, Users must use, as a minimum, a Standard E1.

IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page 28 Figure 9 Single Sideband Phase Noise Spectral Density

APPENDIX A to IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page A-1 APPENDIX A ITU REFERENCES Radiocommunication Sector Recommendations: Rec. ITUR S.5245 Maximum permissible levels of off-axis e.i.r.p. density from earth stations in the fixed satellite service transmitting in the 6 and 14 GHz frequency bands, 11/93 Telecommunication Standardization Sector Recommendations: Rec. ITUT G.703 Rec. ITUT G.704 Rec. ITUT G.751 Physical/electrical characteristics of hierarchical digital interfaces, 10/98 Synchronous frame structures used at 1544, 6312, 2048, 8448 and 44,736 kbit/s hierarchical levels, 10/98 Digital multiplex equipments operating at the third order bit rate of 34,368 kbit/s and the fourth order bit rate of 139,264 kbit/s and using positive justification, 11/88 ATM cell mapping into the plesiochronous digital hierarchy (PDH), 02/98 Transport of SDH elements on PDH networks Frame and multiplexing structures, 10/98 BISDN UserNetwork Interface Physical layer specifications, 02/99 Performance objectives and quality of service classes applicable to frame relay, 09/98

Rec. ITUT G.804 Rec. ITUT G.832 Rec. ITUT I.432 Rec. ITUT X.146

APPENDIX B to IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page B-1

APPENDIX B Nominal EIRP Requirements for BVSAT Terminals

APPENDIX B to IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page B2 Table B.1 BVSAT Terminal Nominal EIRP Requirements for Operation with INTELSAT 801 (328.5E Longitude, CBand Downlinks, dBW)
Carrier Beam Symbol Rate (Msym/s) 0.625 WHtoWH 2.500 5.000 0.625 Spot 2toWH 2.500 5.000 0.625 Spot 2toEH 2.500 5.000 0.625 EH-to-EH 2.500 5.000 A 49.3 55.1 58.1 49.5 55.3 58.3 48.9 54.7 57.7 50.6 56.4 59.4 B 49.9 55.5 58.5 50.2 56.0 59.0 49.5 55.3 58.3 51.5 57.2 60.2 F3 50.6 56.3 59.3 51.2 56.9 59.9 50.2 55.9 58.9 52.5 58.3 61.3 F2 51.8 57.5 60.5 52.4 58.2 61.2 51.3 57.0 60.0 53.9 59.7 62.7 F1 54.3 60.0 63.0 55.3 61.0 64.0 53.7 59.5 62.5 56.9 62.8 65.8 H4 54.9 60.7 63.7 56.0 62.0 65.0 54.4 60.0 63.0 57.7 63.5 66.5 H3 57.9 64.1 67.1 59.0 65.7 68.7 57.4 63.7 66.7 60.7 66.5 69.5 Receive Earth Station

APPENDIX B to IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page B-3 Table B.2 BVSAT Terminal Nominal EIRP Requirements for Operation with INTELSAT 801 (328.5E Longitude, KuBand Downlinks, dBW)
Carrier Symbol Rate (Msym/s) 0.625 WHtoSpot 2 2.500 5.000 0.625 EHtoSpot 2 2.500 5.000 0.625 Spot 2toSpot 2 2.500 5.000 Receive Earth Station C 49.6 55.4 58.4 50.7 56.4 59.4 49.4 55.1 58.1 E3 49.7 55.5 58.5 50.9 56.6 59.6 49.7 55.5 58.5 E2 50.6 56.3 59.3 51.9 57.7 60.7 51.2 57.0 60.0 E1 51.8 57.6 60.6 53.5 59.4 62.4 53.1 58.9 61.9 K3 52.7 58.4 61.4 54.6 60.4 63.4 54.1 59.9 62.9

Beam

APPENDIX B to IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page B4 Table B.3 BVSAT Terminal Nominal EIRP Requirements for Operation with APR2 Capacity [SINOSAT-1 @ 110.5 East Longitude, CBand (Linear Polarization), dBW]
Carrier Symbol Rate (Msym/s) 0.625 ZonetoZone 2.500 5.000 Receive Earth Station A 47.6 53.3 56.3 B 47.8 53.5 56.5 F3 48.0 53.7 56.7 F2 48.7 54.5 57.5 F1 50.0 55.9 58.9 H4 50.2 55.9 58.9 H3 52.3 58.5 61.5

Beam

APPENDIX B to IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page B5 Table B.4 BVSAT Terminal Nominal EIRP Requirements for Operation with INTELSAT 804 (64 East Longitude, CBand Downlinks, dBW)
Carrier Symbol Rate (Msym/s) 0.625 Spot 1toNE 2.500 5.000 0.625 NEtoNE 2.500 5.000 Receive Earth Station A 51.1 56.8 59.8 51.4 57.1 60.1 B 52.2 57.9 60.9 52.0 57.8 60.8 F3 53.5 59.2 62.2 52.9 58.7 61.7 F2 55.0 60.8 63.8 54.2 60.0 63.0 F1 58.3 64.0 67.0 56.9 62.6 65.6 H4 59.1 65.0 68.0 57.9 63.7 66.7 H3 62.5 69.2 72.2 60.9 67.1 70.1

Beam

APPENDIX B to IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page B-6 Table B.5 BVSAT Terminal Nominal EIRP Requirements for Operation with INTELSAT 804 (64 East Longitude, KuBand Downlinks, dBW)
Carrier Symbol Rate (Msym/s) 0.625 NEtoSpot 1 2.500 5.000 Receive Earth Station C 52.3 58.1 61.1 E3 52.6 58.3 61.3 E2 53.9 59.7 62.7 E1 56.2 61.9 64.9 K3 57.4 63.2 66.2

Beam

APPENDIX B to IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page B-7 Table B.6 BVSAT Terminal Nominal EIRP Requirements (Provisional) for Operation with INTELSAT 901 (62 East Longitude, dBW)
Carrier Symbol Rate (Msym/s) 0.625 SpottoSpot 2.500 5.000 Receive Earth Station C 49.1 54.8 57.8 E3 49.2 55.0 58.0 E2 50.2 55.9 58.9 E1 51.3 57.1 60.1 K3 52.0 57.7 60.7

Connectivity

APPENDIX C to IESS313 (Rev. 1) Page C1 APPENDIX C REVISION HISTORY

Revision No. Original

Approval Date 11 May 2000

Major Purpose New module.

08 Aug 2000

Add APR2 capacity assignment on SINOSAT1 at 110.5 degrees East longitude (Table 1) Add earth station nominal EIRP requirements for APR2 capacity (Table B.3) Clarify BVSAT service capabilities versus services being offered. Delete 312 ksymbol/s carrier size.

20 Nov 2000

Revise the carrier RF tolerances to conform with the BVSAT vendors specifications.