Hi Group,
I'm trying to understand how to calculate the Max-Burst-Size in the CM-configfile.
For that I took some specification RFI,DRFI,DVB and some cisco-pages and what
I could find in the web.
So what I figured out is the way to calculate the upstream-max-burst-size:
Assuming Modulation is 16-qam and Minislotsize 4 (Symbolrate=64)
= 4 (Bits_per_Symbol) * 64 (Symbol_Rate) = 256 (Bit) / 8 = 32 (Byte)
= 255 (max_minislots) * 32 (minislotsize_in_byte) = 8160 (Max_Burst_Size)
Assuming Modulation is 64-qam and Minislotsize 4 (Symbolrate=64)
= 6 (Bits_per_Symbol) * 64 (Symbol_Rate) = 384 (Bit) / 8 = 48 (Byte)
= 255 (max_minislots) * 48 (minislotsize_in_byte) = 12.240 (Max_Burst_Size)
What I can't figure out was how to calculate the downstream-max-burst-size
Things I know:
Roll-off-factor: 0,15 (1+alpha = 1,15)
Channelwidth: 8 MHz
Symbolrate: 6152
Calculation of the Channelwidth:
Symbolrate * (1+Roll-off-factor)
=6952 (Symbolrate) * (1+1,15) (1+alpha) = 7994,8
Throughput calculation:
assuming Modulation is 64-qam
6952 (Symbolrate) * 6 (Bits per Symbol) * 188/204 (Reed-Solomon-Coding) = 38,44
assuming Modulation is 256-qam
6952 (Symbolrate) * 8 (Bits per Symbol) * 188/204 (Reed-Solomon-Coding) = 51,25
I hope someone could verify my calculations and can give me a hint in calculating the
DS-max-burst-size.
Thank you,
regards
Benedikt
Regarding upstream, have you seen this doc :
http://www.bowe.id.au/michael/isp/DOCSIS/DOCSIS_Throughput.doc
(The "understanding throughput in the docsis world" doc is available from the cisco website, but this linked version above has additional handy comments attached on the bottom)
Regarding downstream, it is my understanding that the ds-max-burst relates to what Cisco call "Enhanced Rate Bandwidth Allocation" (AKA powerboost)
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/cable/configuration/guide/ubr_docsis...
If you setup the CMTS appropriately you can allow the modem to burst to full line speed (or to the nominated peak rate) for the first ds-max-burst bytes of a download.
The idea being that say a whole web page will load very snappy, but if the user clicks on some large file to download, then their speed will revert to the max-sustained value after the first ds-max-burst bytes.
This powerboost works for ubr10K but not for ubr7xxx
Read a bit more
http://www.cablelabs.org/specifications/CM-SP-MULPIv3.0-I14-101008.pdf
C.2.2.5.2.2 Downstream Maximum Sustained Traffic Rate
C.2.2.5.3 Maximum Traffic Burst
C.2.2.5.10.2 Downstream Peak Traffic Rate
Power Burst work on 7246/7225 IOS 12.2.33SCx