IRIG 106-99  CHAPTER 9 - TELEMETRY ATTRIBUTES TRANSFER STANDARD, Continued....
Start of Chapter 9
9.5.2 General Information (G)
9.5.4 Tape Source Attributes (R)
9.5.5 Multiplex/Modulation Attributes (M)
9.5.6.1 PCM Format Attributes (P)
9.5.6.2 PCM Measurement Description (D)
9.5.6.3 1553 Bus Data Attributes (B)
9.5.7 PAM Attributes (A)
9.5.8 Data Conversion Attributes (C)
9.5.9 Airborne Hardware Attributes (H)




CHAPTER 9

TELEMETRY ATTRIBUTES TRANSFER STANDARD, Continued....


9.5.3 Transmission Attributes (T)



9.5.3 Transmission Attributes (T)

The Transmission Attributes are presented graphically in figure 9-3 and specified in table 9-2. The information contained within this group is used to set up the RF receiver through the detection and recovery of the baseband composite waveform. The format contains the information needed to configure the antenna and receiver subsystems.

Additional equipment inserted in a specific range configuration such as microwave or other relay is intended to be transparent to the user and is not described under Transmission Attributes.

Because the information is mutually exclusive, only the appropriate frequency modulation (FM) or phase modulation (PM) system data set is required for a link.


Transmission Attributes Group (T)
Figure 9-3.  Transmission Attributes Group (T).


TABLE 9-2. TRANSMISSION ATTRIBUTES GROUP (T)

R
O
W


PARAMETER

MAX
FIELD
SIZE


CODE
NAME


DEFINITION

1

DATA SOURCE ID

32

T-x\ID

DATA SOURCE ID CONSISTENT WITH GENERAL INFORMATION GROUP

SOURCE RF ATTRIBUTES

2

TRANSMITTER ID

12

T-x\TID

TRANSMITTER IDENTIFICATION

3

FREQUENCY

6

T-x\RF1

CARRIER FREQUENCY, IN MHz. IF PROGRAMMABLE, ENTER ‘P’, AND DEFINE IN COMMENT RECORD.

4

RF BANDWIDTH

6

T-x\RF2

TOTAL RF BANDWIDTH (-60dB) OF MODULATED SIGNAL, IN MHz.

5

DATA BANDWIDTH

6

T-x\RF3

COMPOSITE BASEBAND DATA BANDWIDTH (3dB), IN kHz.

6

MODULATION TYPE

4

T-x\RF4

DEFINE THE MODULATION TYPE: ‘FM’ ‘PM’ ‘BPSK’ ‘DPSK’ ‘QPSK’ ‘OTHR’

7

TOTAL CARRIER MODULATION

6

T-x\RF5

FOR FM SYSTEM DEFINE TOTAL CARRIER DEVIATION, PEAK-TO-PEAK, IN kHz. FOR PM SYSTEM DEFINE TOTAL PHASE MODULATION, PEAK-TO-PEAK, IN RADIANS.

8

POWER (RADIATED)

4

T-x\RF6

TOTAL TRANSMITTED POWER WHEN MODULATED, IN WATTS.

9

NUMBER OF SUBCARRIERS

2

T-x\SCO\N

NUMBER OF SUBCARRIERS IN THE COMPOSITE BASEBAND WAVEFORM, n. IF NONE ENTER ‘NO’.

10

SUBCARRIER NUMBER

5

T-x\SCO1-n

GIVE THE IRIG CHANNEL NUMBER FOR THE SUBCARRIER. IF NONSTANDARD SUBCARRIER, ENTER ‘NO’ AND ENTER FREQUENCY IN THE COMMENTS SECTION WHERE n IS AN IDENTIFICATION TAG FOR THE SUBCARRIER.

11

MODULATION INDEX

4

T-x\SCO2-n

SPECIFY THE MODULATION INDEX FOR EACH SUBCARRIER IN THE COMPOSITE WAVEFORM, AS APPROPRIATE.

12

MODULATOR NONLINEARITY

4

T-x\RF7

MODULATOR NONLINEARITY, IN PERCENT.

PREMODULATION FILTER

13

BANDWIDTH

6

T-x\PMF1

PRE-MODULATION COMPOSITE FILTER BANDWIDTH, 3 dB CUT-OFF FREQUENCY, IN kHz.

14

SLOPE

2

T-x\PMF2

PRE-MODULATION FILTER ASYMPTOTIC ROLL-OFF SLOPE, dB/OCTAVE.

15

TYPE

2

T-x\PMF3

SPECIFY THE FILTER TYPE:
CONSTANT AMPLITUDE – ‘CA’
CONSTANT DELAY – ‘CD’
OTHER – ‘OT’.

TRANSMIT ANTENNA

16

TRANSMIT ANTENNA TYPE

16

T-x\AN1

TRANSMIT ANTENNA TYPE.

17

TRANSMIT POLARIZATION

4

T-x\AN2

TRANSMIT ANTENNA POLARIZATION.
‘RHCP’ ‘LHCP’ LINEAR – ‘LIN’

18

ANTENNA LOCATION

16

T-x\AN3

DESCRIBE THE ANTENNA LOCATION.

ANTENNA PATTERNS

19

DOCUMENT

16

T-x\AP

IDENTIFY DOCUMENT WHICH HAS ANTENNA PATTERNS

20

POINT OF CONTACT:
NAME

AGENCY

ADDRESS

TELEPHONE


24

48

48

20


T-x\AP\
POC1
T-x\AP\
POC2
T-x\AP\
POC3
T-x\AP\
POC4

IDENTIFY THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

GROUND STATION ATTRIBUTES

21

IF BANDWIDTH

6

T-x\GST1

DEFINE THE IF BANDWIDTH (3dB), IN MHz.

22

BASEBAND COMPOSITE

BANDWIDTH

6

T-x\GST2

DEFINE THE CUT-OFF FREQUENCY (3dB), IN kHz, OF THE OUTPUT FILTER.

GAIN CONTROL

23

AGC TIME CONSTANT

4

T-x\GST3

SPECIFY THE AGC TIME CONSTANT DESIRED IN MILLISECONDS.

24

MGC GAIN SET POINT

6

T-x\GST4

PROVIDE THE MANUAL GAIN CONTROL SET POINT IN TERMS OF RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH, dBm.

25

AFC/APC

3

T-x\GST5

SPECIFY AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL (AFC) OR AUTOMATIC PHASE CONTROL (APC) OR NONE (NON).

26

TRACKING BANDWIDTH

4

T-x\GST6

SPECIFY TRACKING LOOP BANDWIDTH IN Hz.

27

POLARIZATION RECEPTION

5

T-x\GST7

SPECIFY POLARIZATION TO BE USED:
RHCP – ‘RHCP’
LHCP – ‘LHCP’
BOTH – ‘BOTH’
BOTH WITH DIVERSITY COMBINING:
   PRE-DETECTION – ‘B&DPR’
   POST-DETECTION – ‘B&DPO’
DIVERSITY COMBINING (ONLY):
    PRE-DETECTION – ‘PRE-D’
    POST-DETECTION – ‘POS-D’
OTHER – ‘OTHER’, SPECIFY IN COMMENTS.

FM SYSTEMS

28

DISCRIMINATOR BANDWIDTH

4

T-x\FM1

SPECIFY THE DISCRIMINATOR BANDWIDTH REQUIRED IN MHz.

29

DISCRIMINATOR LINEARITY

4

T-x\FM2

SPECIFY THE REQUIRED LINEARITY OVER THE BANDWIDTH SPECIFIED.

PM SYSTEMS

30

PHASE LOCK LOOP BANDWIDTH

4

T-x\PLL

SPECIFY THE PHASE LOCKED LOOP BANDWIDTH.

COMMENTS

31

COMMENTS

1600

T-x\COM

PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE ABOVE INFORMATION REQUESTED OR TO PROVIDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS DESIRED.




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