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R&S®GSASLP
SATELLITE LINK PLANNER
R&S®GSACSM
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
MONITORING
SatCom Mission Planning

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R&SGSASLP SATELLITE LINK PLANNER R&SGSACSM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MONITORING - SatCom Mission Planning
R&S®GSASLP SATELLITE LINK
PLANNER
R&S®Satellite Link Planner is a SATCOM analysis and optimization software solution, covering all aspects of
modern satellite communications. R&S®Satellite Link Planner perfectly supports major parts of the SATCOM
value chain such as satellite system design, transmission planning and transponder usage optimization.
R&S®Satellite Link Planner accurately models weather conditions, atmosphere effects and covers all RF
transmission impairments of transparent payloads among all SATCOM bands of interest (C, X, Ku, Ka band
etc.). Major signal degradations due to intermodulation, power robbing are accurately modeled and verified
against vendor data and in orbit test campaigns.

Link budget calculation and optimization                       effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) or the output
R&S®Satellite Link Planner helps engineers to simulate and     power. Additionally users can model the space segment
model the impact of dedicated transponder distortions on       as well by managing available satellites, transponders and
SATCOM carriers. In this respect the impact of dedicated       their footprints. R&S®Satellite Link Planner uses a wide
signal distortions on mission planning or payload design       data base for satellites and footprints to simplify the work
can be quantified in terms of carrier-to-noise ratio loss or   for the user.
capacity degradations. R&S®Satellite Link Planner link bud-
get calculations are based on a set of internationally rec-    Route planning and satellite payload optimization
ognized methods (ITU recommendations) which are often          R&S®Satellite Link Planner helps users planning mo-
required.                                                      bile SATCOM scenarios by managing route navigations.
                                                               Based on the given route and data rate requirements,
Satellite network planning and optimization                    R&S®Satellite Link Planner searches for the best pos-
Systems using R&S®Satellite Link Planner are capable to        sible transponders by following criteria e.g. the data rate
model ground stations with their specific parameters e.g.      requirements, the coverage of the transponder beams
the transmitting and receiving antenna gain, the maximum       which should provide coverage over the entire route or the
                                                               SATCOM band of interest (C, X, Ku, Ka band etc.).

Key facts                                                      Features and benefits
►   Link budget analysis of complex multi-carrier scenarios    Carrier scenario management
►   Modelling of transponder RF impairments                    ►   Managing, analyzing and optimizing carrier scenarios
    (intermodulation, power robbing, gain compression)         ►   page 4
►   Link budgets and transponder optimization to minimize
    power/bandwidth consumption of SATCOM scenarios            Ground station management
►   Ground station equipment and antenna management            ►   Modeling modems, ground stations and analyzing their
►   Antenna footprint visualization                                antennas
►   Satellite beacon reception analysis                        ►   page 6
►   Impairment calculation due to adjacent satellite
    interference (ASI)                                         Space segment management
►   Impairment calculation due to ITU weather                  ►   Modeling satellites, visualizing their footprint beams
    recommendations                                                and analyzing attenuation coverage
►   Route planning and optimization for mobile VSAT            ►   page 7
    terminals, SOTM (SATCOM on the move) or UAV
    operations                                                 Route management
►   Attenuation coverage analysis                              ►   Modeling communication routes and checking
►   Carrier planning over time and frequency                       necessary equipment
►   Adaptive graphical user interface & tailored special       ►   page 10
    purpose solutions
►   Data Import/Export, Geo-Positioning and satellite
    footprint visualization
►   Wide SATCOM modem database (SCPC, meshed, DTH,
    military CDMA/DSSS)

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R&S®GSACSM COMMUNICATION
SYSTEM MONITORING
R&S®GSACSM communication system monitoring is a SATMON software solution for remote spectrum
monitoring and signal analysis. R&S®GSACSM comes with classic spectrum analyzer functions, trapping
systems, and advanced signal detection and identification algorithms. The modern, adaptive GUI makes it
easy to implement use cases e.g. interference identification or SatCom transponder analysis.

Remote spectrum monitoring                                      possible to detect wanted carriers with detailed informa-
R&S®GSACSM provides an interface for communicating              tion such as baud rate, modulation scheme, FEC rate, C/N
with remote spectrum analyzers via remote connections;          and carrier frequency offset. It is also possible to track and
users can access their devices from all over the world.         identify unwanted services.
R&S®GSACSM supports monitoring of signals for one
device at a time and for many different devices at once.        Carrier-in-carrier (CiC) detection
R&S®GSACSM also handles different users monitoring the          Systems using R&S®GSACSM can perform Carrier-in-
same device. Both a standalone application and a server/        carrier detection tasks, which are a major feature in mod-
client solution are available.                                  ern VSAT systems. Tasks such as paired carrier multiple
                                                                access (PCMA) detection and signal identification and
Satellite transponder monitoring                                under-carrier signal analysis can be executed to find un-
R&S®GSACSM autonomously scans transponder signals               wanted interferers in such systems. The R&S®GSACSM
and identifies carriers, e.g. DVB-S, DVB-S2 and DVB-CID.        integrates and extends the R&S®GSA1xxx VSAT intercept
Scanning and evaluating signals continuously makes it           solution by remotely providing analysis functions.

Key facts                                                        Features and benefits
►   Multichannel power measurement, history logging and          Carrier-in-Carrier (CiC) detection
    alarm trapping                                               ►   Identification of underlying signal sources by using
►   Classic software-based spectrum analyzer functions               carrier-in-carrier detection
►   Adaptive graphical user interface and tailored special       ►   page 11
    purpose solutions
►   Autonomous detection and identification of terrestrial       Autonomous spectrum scanning
    and satellite signals (e.g. GSM, DECT, DVB-S, DVB-S2)        ►   Autonomous spectrum scanning and carrier
►   Autonomous detection and identification of paired-               identification for satellite transponder monitoring
    carrier multiple access (PCMA) and time-division             ►   Autonomous, continuous spectrum scanning and
    multiple access (TDMA) signals                                   carrier detection and demodulation for DVB-CID signals
►   Autonomous detection and identification of under-            ►   page 12
    carrier signals
►   Autonomous detection and identification of DVB carrier       Easy implementation of complex use cases
    identification (DVB-CID) signals                             ►   page 14
►   Simultaneous operations on multiple remote spectrum
    analyzers                                                    Spectrum measurement tasks for interpreting signals precisely
►   Remote spectrum monitoring over narrowband low               ►   page 16
    latency connections
                                                                 Power monitoring, recording, replay, import and export
                                                                 ►   page 18

                                                                 Distributed network structure
                                                                 ►   page 20

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R&SGSASLP SATELLITE LINK PLANNER R&SGSACSM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MONITORING - SatCom Mission Planning
CARRIER SCENARIO MANAGEMENT
Analyzing complex multi-carrier satellite link budget scenarios   Systems using R&S®Satellite Link Planner are able to cal-
easily                                                            culate link budgets for a wide range of satellite scenario
►   Link budget calculations based on ITU weather                 use cases by including ITU weather recommendations
    recommendations                                               (see also page 22) e.g. rain rate, gas attenuation or surface
►   Link budget calculations based on adjacent satellite          temperature. The table shows the entire propagation im-
    interference (ASI) and intermodulation                        pairments used by R&S®Satellite Link Planner which en-
►   Link budget calculations based on satellite bands             ables users to cover major atmospheric influences.
    e.g. X, C, Ka and Ku
►   PEB evaluation (power and bandwidth consumption)
►   Earth station EIRP evaluation
►   Total carrier availability calculation
►   Intermodulation power density analysis
►   Link margin calculations
►   Spread spectrum link analysis
►   Maximum acceptable pointing error analysis
►   CDMA link analysis (evaluating interference towards
    other non-CDMA carriers as well)
►   Following frequency coordination limits based on ITU
    radio communication
►   Modeling multi-carrier scenarios being analyzed
►   Clear visualization of the results with well-presented
    charts

Well-presented detailed carrier analysis results

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Additionally R&S®Satellite Link Planner covers ASI and           Optimizing complex multi-carrier satellite link budget
intermodulation occurring in downlink and uplink com-            scenarios easily
munications. On the one hand ground stations can receive         ►   PEB minimization due to EIRP adjustments of the
significant signal power levels from other satellites. On            individual carriers
the other hand adjacent satellite can receive and broad-         ►   Throughput maximization towards desired link
cast heavy uplink signals from ground stations. Both types           availability requirements (considering weather and
of disruption are included in the link budget calculations           atmospheric losses)
helping users to consider all possibilities which can occur      ►   Satellite beam EIRP optimization
through a transmission in satellite bands of interest.           ►   Symbol rate and MODCOD optimization of individual
                                                                     carriers
Besides SATCOM channel impairments R&S®Satellite Link            ►   Constraining of usable TWTA power and bandwidth
Planner uses frequency coordination limits defined for sce-      ►   Minimizing transponder resources (power, bandwidth)
nario optimization.                                                  for a given scenario.
                                                                 ►   Performing route (way point) optimization
The screenshot on page 4 shows an analyzed multi-carrier         ►   Performing equipment (dish size) optimizations
scenario with its carrier-to-noise ratio results in well-pre-
sented charts and diagrams containing calculations for the       R&S®Satellite Link Planner multi-carrier scenario optimiza-
described impairments.                                           tion provides a complete transponder allocation plan in-
                                                                 cluding ground segment parameters, modulation/coding
A detailed link budget analysis overview function is avail-      schemes per carrier and the space segment gain setting.
able as well as shown in screenshot on page 4. Here the          Multiple operational criteria are used to perform scenario
carrier-wise bandwidth and power consumption (PEB) is            optimization e.g. required BER, required link availability or
detailed presented.                                              frequency coordination limits. Though, users can easily op-
                                                                 timize the previously generated results from the analysis
Systems using R&S®Satellite Link Planner uses these link         process. Afterwards users can take the results to setup the
budget calculations to verify multi-carrier scenarios being      carrier configuration in real test scenarios.
managed by the user as shown in the screenshot below.
Users can easily generate their own multi-carrier scenarios
with all necessary parameters that way.

Managing multi-carrier scenarios

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R&SGSASLP SATELLITE LINK PLANNER R&SGSACSM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MONITORING - SatCom Mission Planning
GROUND STATION MANAGEMENT
Modeling ground stations, modems and antenna radiation           Systems using R&S®Satellite Link Planner can add and
patterns                                                         modify ground station types, geographic locations and
►   Managing ground stations with their parameters and           modem types which give users the ability to create a wide
    geographic locations                                         variety of ground stations being used for multi-carrier sce-
►   Calculating the losses due to a pointing error entered in    nario analysis. SLP users can simply visualize the antenna
    degrees or simply by means of an dB antenna gain loss        gain results in the sidelobes and take this result to the
►   Calculating the impact of a rotation of the antenna          corresponding EIRP limit based on frequency regulation
    reflector with respect to the GEO plane on the effective     limits.
    antenna gain and discrimination
►   Calculating and visualizing of ASI and interference limits
    based on frequency regulation limits

Antenna diagram modeling and interference analysis

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SPACE SEGMENT MANAGEMENT
Parameterizing satellite objects for individual use cases             Geographical information is one of the most important as-
►   Visualizing geographical information of satellite                 pects in SATCOM link planning and optimization. It cov-
    coverage                                                          ers coverage information of satellite antennas as well as
►   Creating and populating satellite objects                         ephemerides data and geo-location data of earth stations.
                                                                      Systems using R&S®Satellite Link Planner can visualize lo-
                                                                      cations and antenna footprints as shown in FIG 1 which
                                                                      gives a neat overview of all available footprints for the
                                                                      user.

                                                                      The user will also have the capability of creating and pop-
                                                                      ulating its own personal satellite objects, which shall be
                                                                      saved using persistent services.

FIG 1: Antenna footprint visualization

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R&SGSASLP SATELLITE LINK PLANNER R&SGSACSM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MONITORING - SatCom Mission Planning
Modeling and simulating transponders                                                     ►   Calculating the IBO/OBO directly out of a given scenario
►   Import IBO/OBO curve by means of text files                                              (see screenshot)
►   Automatic calculation of multi-carrier IBO/OBO curve                                 ►   Linear distortions due to filter gain/group delay slope
►   Using and visualizing typical IBO/OBO curves for                                     ►   Intermodulation effects
    linearized and non-linearized tubes
►   Assigning a desired IBO/OBO value pair to the
    transponder

IBO/OBO charts and gain vs. IBO charts for a non-linearized TWTA in single carrier and multi-carrier operation mode

Footprint visualization and rain attenuation visualization

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R&SGSASLP SATELLITE LINK PLANNER R&SGSACSM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MONITORING - SatCom Mission Planning
From the IBO/OBO charts R&S®Satellite Link Planner de-                Optimizing satellite and transponder equipment
rives the TWTA gain for both operation modes (right)                  ►   Checking uplink and downlink data rate
where the gain-loss in the multi carrier mode becomes vis-            ►   Checking modem types used
ible. If no dedicated curve is available, R&S®Satellite Link          ►   Checking anchor station and remote station
Planner provides typical curves for linearized and non-lin-               (e.g. a VSAT terminal)
earized TWTAs. The user can also simply assign a desired              ►   Checking used bands (e.g. C, X, Ku, Ka)
IBO/OBO pair for any transponder if required.
                                                                      R&S®Satellite Link Planner equipment optimization pro-
Performing and visualizing satellite coverage analysis                vides the best suited satellite equipment and transponder
►   Analyzing impairment coverage e.g. for rain based on a            to meet a given user data rate requirement as given in the
    given antenna footprint                                           screenshot below. Users can define the required PEB con-
►   Visualizing coverage results clearly to the user                  sumption if a dedicated transponder is used. Thus all tran-
                                                                      sponders which are proposed by the optimization func-
Coverage analysis can be performed as depicted in the                 tions are checked to ensure full coverage of the uplink and
screenshot on page 8. Here, the rain attenuation is dis-              downlink footprints. Antenna size, modem type and BUC
played by means of a color code which is overlaid over the            power of remote equipment can be defined as well and
footprint, taking input parameters such as (signal frequen-           will be taken for the equipment check. Finally a bandwidth
cy, desired link availability, footprint file etc.).                  and power optimized setting is proposed by R&S®Satellite
                                                                      Link Planner.

Equipment and transponder optimization

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ROUTE MANAGEMENT
Planning and optimizing navigation routes                                       R&S®Satellite Link Planner route planning and optimization
►    Checking uplink and downlink data rate                                     allows users to find the best suited transponder and car-
►    Checking modem types used                                                  rier settings for a given geographical route. The screenshot
►    Checking anchor station and remote station                                 shows this feature where a (SATCOM on the move) SOTM
     (e.g. a VSAT terminal)                                                     route through Afghanistan is assigned. Routes can be eas-
►    Checking used bands (e.g. C, X, Ku, Ka)                                    ily configured manually through the GUI.

SATCOM route planning and optimization, preparations before ­optimization run

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CARRIER-IN-CARRIER DETECTION
Identifying of underlying signal sources via carrier-in-carrier             Identification of suspicious interferers using under-carrier
detection                                                                   detection
PCMA detection and signal identification                                    The R&S®GSA1400/10 CiC separator’s under-carrier detec-
Systems using R&S®GSACSM are able to detect and                             tion feature can be used to detect and identify unwanted
identify paired carrier multiple access signals. The                        asymmetric signal sources beneath a useful signal. The re-
R&S®GSA1400/20 CiC separator detects, identifies,                           modulated signals and all necessary signal parameters are
­processes and receives PCMA signals.                                       clearly presented, making it easy to correctly interpret the
                                                                            measurement results.

                                                                            This is an essential feature of the R&S®GSA1xxx VSAT in-
                                                                            tercept solution. It makes it possible to intercept signals
                                                                            transmitted using paired carrier multiple access technol-
                                                                            ogy or asymmetric carrier-in-carrier in a duplex link.

Under-carrier detection and identification

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AUTONOMOUS SPECTRUM
SCANNING
Autonomous spectrum scanning and carrier identification for   Huge variety of standards and types of modulation can be
satellite transponder monitoring                              identified (DVB-S, DVB-S2, IESS, GSM, etc.)
Clear visualization of constellation diagrams and signal      All collected signal parameters and the constellation dia-
parameters per carrier                                        gram are displayed so that the user sees all necessary de-
The R&S®GSACSM classification feature enables systems         tails at a glance. Since users may not be able to determine
to autonomously scan spectrum signals and identify car-       the actual signal class, the table clearly shows the detec-
riers. Carriers are visualized in color-coded charts and in   tion and classification features.
lists. The chart and list elements make it easy to identify
each carrier. The sniper tool lets users add new areas to
select a specific carrier for further processing.

                                                              Detection/classification features Supported standards
                                                              SatCom                           VSAT, SCPC standards, CID
                                                              Carrier-in-Carrier               double-talk and others
                                                              Terrestrial                      GSM, etc.
                                                                                               M-QAM, M-DPSK, M-FSK, OFDM,
                                                              Modulation
                                                                                               DSSS, CDMA
                                                              DVB-CID                          Carrier ID

Signal detection and identification

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Autonomous, continuous spectrum scanning and carrier                          Clear visualization of CID parameters
detection and demodulation for DVB-CID signals                                (global unique ID, GPS coordinates, etc.)
Autonomous detection and identification of CIDs for SatCom                    Systems using R&S®GSACSM can handle CID signals,
signals                                                                       i.e. they will be detected and then demodulated. The CID-
Modern satellite communications has to deal with a lot of                     specific “global unique ID”, the GPS coordinates and the
signal interference that needs to be efficiently avoided. The                 telephone number are extracted. The global unique ID al-
Digital Video Broadcasting organization specified a carrier                   lows customers to identify their satellite signal precisely.
ID (CID) that identifies the host carrier, effectively reducing
interference between satellite signals, e.g. DVB-S2.

                                                                               Manufacturer
                                                                                                         Description
                                                                               (TDMA)
                                                                                                         LINKWAY, LINKWAY2, SURFBEAM,
                                                                               VIASAT
                                                                                                         SKYLINXDDS
                                                                                                         DASA-SKYWAN (IDU 200, 3000, 5000)
                                                                               NORTEL
                                                                                                         DASA-SKYWAN (IDU 7000)
 Manufacturer (SCPC)                       Description                         POLARSAT
                                                                                                         VSATPLUS II
 COMTECH                                   LDPC 2/3                                                      VSATPLUS III
                                                                               NERA                      SATLINK
                                           LDPC 3/4
                                                                                                         SKYBLASTER, FARAWAY, SKYEDGE,
                                           VersaFEC 0.642L                     GILAT
                                                                                                         SKYEDGE II, DIALAWAY, SKYSTARVARIANT
                                           VersaFEC 0.789L                     HUGHES                    DIRECWAY (IPoS), PE5
                                           VersaFEC 0.803                      SHIRON                    INTERSKY
 IDirect                                   TPC 0.793 Infinity                  COMTECH                   SKYWARE
 Radyne                                    TPC 3/4 VSAT defacto                SATNET                    ADVANTECH/EMS
                                                                               TAYCHON NETWORK
 - (unknown)                               TPC 3/4                                                       TAYCHON
                                                                               SYSTEMS
 - (unknown)                               TPC 7/8                                                       NEXTAR48 (IC), NEXTAR4A (OC), NEXTAR
                                                                               NEC
 - (unknown)                               TPC 7/8 VSAT defacto                                          Bandwidth On Demand, NEXTARV0

CSM list supported SCPC                                                        CSM list supported TDMA

DVB carrier identification detection and demodulation

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EASY IMPLEMENTATION OF
­COMPLEX USE CASES
Clear views of spectrum displays and measurement results
The R&S®GSACSM has a modern style similar to other
common applications. This makes it easy to use; even new
users can obtain meaningful results.

Signal markers provide quick, smart overview of signal
parameters
Power values can be shown by adding markers to the
chart as shown in the screenshot below.

Easy instrument alignment

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Multi-device monitoring with docking manager function                         Multi-user monitoring
The R&S®GSACSM allows simultaneous monitoring of                              Systems using R&S®GSACSM allow multiple users to con-
multiple devices. Parallel monitoring is shown in the                         nect to a single device at the same time. To avoid race
screenshot on the left, where two devices are displayed                       conditions, device settings can only be changed by the
side by side. This makes it easy to see the uplink and                        first user connected to the device. A second user can only
downlink signal at the same time.                                             view the measurement results.

Clear views of measurement results and signal parameters

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SPECTRUM MEASUREMENT TASKS
FOR INTERPRETING SIGNALS
PRECISELY
Spectrogram for identifying signal parts by in color-coded     Alarm trapping helps identify suspicious signals automatically
waterfall charts                                               The R&S®GSACSM is capable of setting alarm thresholds
Systems using R&S®GSACSM are able to monitor the               to inform users when unwanted signals occur. Users can
power spectral density of any spectrum analyzer input sig-     define spectrum signal masks to ensure that every suspi-
nal. This helps to identify potential unwanted signal sourc-   cious carrier is immediately identified.
es. The spectrogram feature illustrates this with 2D and 3D
waterfall charts.

Spectrum density for identifying sporadic signal parts
The spectrum density measurement feature monitors time-
varying and superimposed signals by capturing and ana-
lyzing continuous spectrums over time. Rare or super-im-
posed events that cannot be detected using the ordinary
spectrum analyzer functions can be visualized in a spec-
trum density chart.

2D and 3D spectrogram

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Spectrum density view

Alarm trapping with signal masks

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POWER MONITORING, RECORDING,
REPLAY, IMPORT AND EXPORT
Easy power monitoring via multichannel service tables         Easily record and replay spectrum signals
Systems using R&S®GSACSM monitor RF power by using            Systems using R&S®GSACSM can record, replay and
multichannel service tables. This feature helps users who     exchange measurements to view and process records
are unfamiliar with spectrum signals. The service table bar   offline.
chart also helps visualize the RF power in a certain band.
                                                              Quickly import and export records to and from R&S®GSACSM
Easy power monitoring over a certain amount of time           To make it easier to share records, records can be export-
Another way to support power measurement tasks is to          ed and imported so that users can easily analyze each oth-
use the R&S®GSACSM power monitoring feature. It can be        er’s measurements.
used to monitor the RF power of various subbands in par-
allel over a defined amount of time. Users can easily add     Offline signal processing with the file device feature
new power subbands, which will be displayed in the spec-      Records can be replayed for offline analysis.
trum chart. For each power subband, a new power time
chart will be generated displaying the overall RF power in
a certain interval.

Power monitoring with service tables

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Power monitoring over a defined amount of time

Replay of a previously recorded measurement

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DISTRIBUTED NETWORK STRUCTURE
Scalable client/server architecture                                   Simultaneously managing different receivers and analyzers
In a scalable client/server architecture, R&S®GSACSM                  R&S®GSACSM supports the following Rohde & Schwarz
­allows remote spectrum analysis in distributed systems.              sensor instruments:
 Operators can manage their instruments (RF components,               ► R&S®TSME6 ultracompact drive test scanner
 e.g. R&S®NRQ6) in different locations.                               ► R&S®FSW signal and spectrum analyzer
                                                                      ► R&S®FPS signal and spectrum analyzer
                                                                      ► R&S®FSV and R&S®FSVA signal and spectrum analyzer
                                                                      ► R&S®FPL spectrum analyzer
                                                                      ► R&S®FPL spectrum analyzer
                                                                      ► R&S®ESMD wideband monitoring receive
                                                                      ► R&S®ESME wideband monitoring receiver
                                                                      ► R&S®NRQ6 frequency selective power sensor
                                                                      ► R&S®MSR200 dual satellite receiver

Examples of standalone and clientserver scenarios

                                                                   R&S®NRQ6          R&S®NRQ6                R&S®NRQ6
                                                                   power sensor      power sensor            power sensor

                            R&S®FPS signal and
                            spectrum analyzer

                                                                            CSM server                            CSM server
                             R&S®FSW signal and
                          CSMspectrum
                              user    analyzer          CSM user

                                                                   Site 1                                                       Site 2
R&S®NRQ6
power sensor
                                 R&S®TSME drive
                                 test scanner

                                                  CSM server

                                                                        R&S®GSACSM GUI                             R&S®GSACSM GUI

         R&S®GSACSM GUI               R&S®GSACSM GUI
                                                                                  Site 3                             R&S®GSACSM GUI

1. Standalone                         2. Shared sensor                                     3. Shared sensor
                                      instruments, single-user                             instruments, multi-user

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TCP/IP ACCELERATION MIDDLEWARE
Remote spectrum monitoring over narrowband links and long
latency links
The R&S®GSACSM executes remote spectrum monitoring
tasks even over narrowband and low latency connections
such as satellite links, ensuring data communications be-
tween servers and sensors (see figure below).

Communication over narrowband and low latency connections

 Near                                                                                Far

        Sensor                                                                                                 Sensor

                 Server                                                                             Server

        User              Data storage                                                     User              Data storage

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SPECIFICATIONS
Common specifications
CPU and operating system                                x86 CPU, Windows 7 or newer
.Net Framework required                                 .Net Framework version 4.5
Min. HDD space required for installation                500 Mbyte
RAM required                                            min. 1 Gbyte, 2 Gbyte recommended
Sensor interfaces supported                             LAN/WLAN connection, USB port optional

R&S®GSASLP specifications
Application domains                                     SATCOM transponder modeling and carrier link budget analysis
                                                        SATCOM operations, definition of modulation and coding
                                                        SATCOM transponder optimization
Required impairment                                     ITU recommendation
Rain rate calculation                                   ITU-R Rec. P 837-6
Rainfall height calculation                             ITU-R Rec. P 839-3
Specific attenuation due to rain calculation            ITU-R Rec. P 838-3
Rain attenuation, frequency scaling, scintillation      ITU-R Rec. P 618-10
Gas attenuation calculation                             ITU-R P Rec. 676-9 and Rec. P 836-4
Cloud attenuation calculation                           ITU-R Rec. P 840-4
Surface temperature calculation                         ITU-R Rec. P 1510
Earth station height above sea level                    ITU-R Rec. P 1511

R&S®GSACSM specifications
Spectrum mode                                           live measurement with spectrum analyzers
Spectrogram mode                                        2D and 3D waterfall spectrum analysis
Spectrum density mode                                   spectrum frequency occurrence analysis
Mask mode                                               alarm trapping with email notification
Classification mode                                     basic detection and identification of terrestrial, satellite, TDMA and PCMA signals
Under-carrier detection mode                            advanced signal analysis for underlying interfering signals
Satellite mode                                          continuous scanning, identifying and alarm trapping for satellite signals
DVB-CID                                                 continuous scanning for DVB-CID signals
Scope mode                                              I/Q data display
Multichannel power mode                                 power monitoring via service tables
Power monitoring mode                                   power monitoring in a specific frequency band over a certain time
Recording                                               record, replay, export and import measurements
Offline processing                                      load I/Q data files to detect and demodulate signals offline
Supported Rohde & Schwarz sensor instruments            R&S®TSME6 ultra compact drive test scanner
                                                        R&S®FSW, R&S®FPS, R&S®FSV signal and spectrum analyzers
                                                        R&S®FSC, R&S®FSL spectrum analyzers
                                                        R&S®NRQ6 frequency selective power sensor
                                                        R&S®MSR200 dual satellite receiver
Supported Rohde & Schwarz system solutions              VSAT solution provided by Rohde & Schwarz
Software signal processing bandwidth                    determined by I/Q bandwidth of sensor in usage
Max. simultaneous users per CSM server                  not limited, practically limited by the processing capabilities of the CPU
Max. simultaneous sensors connected to the CSM server   not limited, practically limited by the processing capabilities of the CPU
                                                        supports CSM measurements with remote sensors over long latency low throughput
TCP/IP acceleration
                                                        links, e.g. data rate < 10 kbit/s, latency > 1 s
                                                        ► SatCom transponder monitoring and carrier analysis
                                                        ► Identification/classification of unknown signals
                                                        ► Under-carrier signal analysis and demodulation
Application domains
                                                        ► SatCom operations with alarming/trapping functions
                                                        ► 24/7 power monitoring of carriers
                                                        ► DVB-CID carrier ID demodulation

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ORDERING INFORMATION
Designation                                                              Type                              Order No.
SLP
Satellite Link Planner                                                   R&S®GSASLP                        3065.3555.02
CSM base packages
CSM standalone software                                                  R&S®GSACSMSTA                     3065.3532.02
CSM server software                                                      R&S®GSACSMSVR                     3065.3526.02
CSM client software                                                      R&S®GSACSMCLNT                    3065.3510.02
CSM server for Linux operating system                                    R&S®GSACSMNCS                     3069.3895.02
CSM modes
CSM X-Pol measurement mode                                               R&S®GSACSMXPOL                    3065.3503.02
CSM analysis mode                                                        R&S®GSACSMANA                     3065.3490.02
CSM power monitoring mode                                                R&S®GSACSMPOWR                    3065.3484.02
CSM measurements option                                                  R&S®GSACSMMEAS                    3065.3478.02
CSM remote access                                                        R&S®GSACSMREMT                    3065.3461.02
CSM HF path measurements                                                 R&S®GSACSMPATH                    3069.3889.02
Advanced signal analysis for CSM analysis mode option (R&S®GSACSMANA)
CSM classification and analysis of TETRA signals                         R&S®GSACSMCTER                    3065.3455.02
CSM classification SatCom                                                R&S®GSACSMCSAT                    3065.3432.02
CSM classification carrier-under-carrier analysis                        R&S®GSACSMCCUC                    3065.3426.02
CSM classification paired carrier detection                              R&S®GSACSMCPCD                    3065.3410.02

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