DVB-RCS Forward and Return Link Analyser (FRLA)

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The VeriSat DVB-RCS Forward and Return Link analyser is an essential tool for DVB-RCS system development, verification and troubleshooting. The FRLA provides powerful analysis capabilities from the physical layer up to the IP layer.

The FRLA analyser is fully compliant with the DVB-RCS ETSI standard EN 301 790, and supports all the RCS options. The protocol information is captured and monitored in real-time. A wide range of display modes and logging capabilities allows the user to select an optimum analysis mode depending on current test and monitoring objectives. The captured forward and return link streams may be stored for further analysis offline or future reference.

Applications include DVB-RCS system development, validation and operations:

• Hub and terminal equipment development
• DVB-RCS application compliance testing
• Protocol compliance testing
• Interoperability testing
• RCS software development
• Operational network troubleshooting and monitoring
• Integration testing and system deployment
• Terminal installation and field support.

VeriSat DVB-RCS Forward and Return Link Analyser highlights:

• Monitor and logging of all RCS signalling as well as IP traffic
• Windows-based user-friendly user interface
• Windows operating platform
• Main features:
• • Decoding of all PSI/SI tables and DVB-RCS messages
  • Monitoring of terminal Eb/No, frequency and timing errors, correction values for the terminals based on forward link signalling information (based on CMT and TIM messages)
  • Monitoring of capacity requests, time slot allocations and RL traffic bursts including QoS statistics for different request classes and DIFFSERV tags. and time slot resource allocation
  • Display of frame and time slot structure (SCT, FCT, TCT) in a graphical time versus frequency chart for each superframe
  • All RCS options supported: Viterbi-R/S, Turbo, MPEG, ATM
  • Demodulation and decoding of all return link bursts including measurement of burst proprties (Eb/No, noise level, time and frequency errors)
  • Protocol errors detected according to ETR 290 section 5
  • Generate reports documenting DVB-RCS tables, descriptors and message content

Support for DVB-S2 mode adaptation protocols L.2 and L.3
This option upgrades the FRLA to decode the L.2 and L.3 DVB-S2 mode adaptation protocols. These protocols may be used on the ASI modulator input or ASI demodulator output respectively to include in-band framing information in VCM/ACM systems. The FRLA displays the DVB-S2 frame information in separate monitor views with one entry for each frame and includes key frame header information for each row.