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5 Radio Link Planning and Regulations
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5.13 Link Mode Optimization
Link Mode Optimization allows the PTP 600 link to be optimized according to the type of
traffic that will be bridged. There are two modes to choose from: IP and TDM.
5.13.1 IP Link Mode Optimization
In IP Mod
e, the PTP 600 product runs an adaptive TDD scheme. This means that an
unloaded link runs 10:10 mode (10 OFDM bursts alternately in each direction). If there is a
sustained increase in traffic load in one direction, a threshold is reached where the TDD
mode automatically adapts to 20:10. If the load continues to increase, then the TDD structure
adapts even further through 30:10 to 40:10. This is the state of maximum link asymmetry (40
OFDM bursts in one direction compared with 10 in the other). If the load increases in BOTH
directions, then the TDD structure adapts from 10:10, through 20:20, 30:30 to 40:40. This is a
state of maximum aggregate throughput.
Three of these modes (10:10, 40:10 and 40:40) have the following characteristics:
In 10:10 mode, throughput performance is equal in each direction. Aggregate throughput
and latency are minimized.
In 40:10 mode, throughput performance is maximized in one direction, to the detriment of
both latency and throughput in the opposite direction.
In 40:40 mode, throughput performance is maximized in both directions. Aggregate
throughput and latency are maximized.
NOTE: There is an engineering trade-off between the flexibility of adaptive TDD and latency.
When the TDD structure changes, there is a brief impact on latency for a few frames. This
does not affect the steady state long term average latency, but may be recorded as a
maximum latency. This affect may be amplified for short latency tests or if the traffic loading is
oscillating either side of a boundary condition. As the TDD burst length increases, traffic in
each direction has to wait longer before a transmit window is available, but more data can be
sent during the burst. There is an impact on latency but it varies depending upon installation
range, frame size and modulation mode.
5.13.2
TDM Link Mode Optimization
In TDM mod
e, two major differences in link behavior occur compared with IP mode. First, if
E1/T1 services are enabled, the TDD structure is fixed symmetrically. Either 10:10, 20:20,
30:30 or 40:40 based upon the installed range, as shown in Table 16.