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Wodec
US will not go to 16qam or higher ?

Hi all,

During testing, i've discovered that my US is in QPSK, although my CMTS modulation profile is:
cable modulation-profile 222 request 0 16 0 22 16qam scrambler 152 no-diff 32 fixed qpsk1 1 2048
cable modulation-profile 222 initial 5 34 0 48 16qam scrambler 152 no-diff 64 fixed qpsk1 1 2048
cable modulation-profile 222 station 5 34 0 48 16qam scrambler 152 no-diff 64 fixed qpsk1 1 2048
cable modulation-profile 222 a-short 4 76 7 22 16qam scrambler 152 no-diff 64 shortened qpsk1 1 2048
cable modulation-profile 222 a-long 7 231 0 22 16qam scrambler 152 no-diff 64 shortened qpsk1 1 2048
cable modulation-profile 222 a-ugs 7 231 0 22 16qam scrambler 152 no-diff 64 shortened qpsk1 1 2048

the CM config file is docsis 2.0 and the upstreamport of the CMTS is atdma, minislot =2 and channel width = 3.2MHz.

Test results are: DS = 36Mbit/s --> ok i'm satisfied (qam256) ....
US = 2.4Mbit/s --> = bitrate for QPSK on channelwidth 3.2MHz.
CNR 19dB
SNR 22.3dB

I've been told that there mightbe an issue with my CMTS (chipset problem ?)
It's a Cisco ubr10012 with a MC5x20U card.

Is there anyone with suggestions or even better... THE solution for a US in qam16 or qam64 ?

THANKS in advance,
W.

cmcaldas
Re: US will not go to 16qam or higher ?

Things to check for.. rate limit on the upstream port. max burst on your modem config file and keep in mind there's docsis overhead to consider when you make a modem file. 3.2Mhz wide @ qpsk should be about 5 Mbps. but you'll never get it because of the overhead. more like 3 or 3.7.
same goes for 16Qam. 10 Mbps but more like 7 or so. try and set your max burst to zero. how many modems on the upstream port? polling interval may also come into play

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