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Parad0xxr
Anon
2015-Jan-17 9:11 am
[Connectivity] 64QAM?Not sure how long this has been this way, but I noticed all 3 of my upstreams are 64QAM now. I know somewhat recently the 1st was always 16QAM. Northeast Philly here...
Will this make any difference for my connection? speed/stability? Or no... |
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DarkLogixTexan and Proud Premium Member join:2008-10-23 Baytown, TX |
[Connectivity] Re: 64QAM?I think 64QAM is supposed to have more bandwidth per channel. |
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Those 16QAM "TDMA" upstream channels were used by DOCSIS 1.X devices that are now no longer being supported. Consequently, these lower-speed, legacy channels are being removed in many markets now, and replaced with higher-speed, 64QAM "ATDMA" ones used by newer D2 and D3 devices. From the FAQ page » Comcast High Speed Internet FAQ » What is QAM? , you can see that a 5.12 MSymb/sec 64QAM channel provides 3X the data rate capacity than a 2.56 MSymb/sec 16QAM one (27 Mbps vs 9 Mbps). |
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We only have 2 upstream channels and they finally switched both to 64QAM not too long ago.
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BTW - If other upstream (or downstream) carrier(s) are ever added to the system, I believe your modem will then need to be rebooted in order for it to detect/use it/them. |
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Re: [Connectivity] 64QAM? Before | After |
said by Parad0xxr :Not sure how long this has been this way, but I noticed all 3 of my upstreams are 64QAM now. I know somewhat recently the 1st was always 16QAM. Northeast Philly here... BTW - My system changed like that about 3 months ago, when I found that my ARRIS TM822G eMTA had rebooted by itself overnight. Above is the upstream carrier arrangement before and after. |
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said by telcodad:BTW - My system changed like that about 3 months ago, when I found that my ARRIS TM822G eMTA had rebooted by itself overnight. Above is the upstream carrier arrangement before and after. Just north of Philly in lower Bucks County ... we also switched over to all 64 QAM about 3 months ago. I think 64 QAM requires a 'cleaner' upstream than 16 QAM, but I've noticed a lot less T3 errors since the switchover. |
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camperjust visiting this planet Premium Member join:2010-03-21 Bethel, CT |
camper
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2015-Jan-17 10:16 pm
said by Brocktoon: I think 64 QAM requires a 'cleaner' upstream than 16 QAM   Yup. TNSTAAFL. The higher data rate of 64-QAM is more sensitive to line noise. |
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Your reference to "TNSTAAFL" caused me to look it up. I thought it was "TANSTAFFL" BUT you were right. I now know the (apparently correct) derivation. I always thought this was a reference to the 1920's lunch in a bar that was "free" but you really paid for it in the price of the drinks.
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said by boontonflyer:Your reference to "TNSTAAFL" caused me to look it up. I thought it was "TANSTAFFL" BUT you were right. I now know the (apparently correct) derivation. I always thought this was a reference to the 1920's lunch in a bar that was "free" but you really paid for it in the price of the drinks.
Paul For me, I consider it the 4TH LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS ... and I hold a degree in Chemical Engineering |
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I did some more "googling". Apparently there are several derivations (ie a 1961 book, the "free lunch " at saloons in the 1890-1920's etc., and a few more). So much for trivia.
Paul |
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camperjust visiting this planet Premium Member join:2010-03-21 Bethel, CT 2 edits |
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  Sometimes I get lucky. But, truth be told, I was really thinking of the acronym you cite, "TANSTAFL", but I couldn't remember the exact words. So I guessed the phrase and posted the acronym of the phrased I surmised. Thanks for the correction. In any case, and trying to pull this thread back to the topic.... in general the more data you try to pump through a carrier, the more sensitive to external aberrations the data rate will be. There is only so much bandwidth available in any carrier, and that bandwidth is shared between the actual data and the noise. The "cleaner" you keep the carrier, the less bandwidth the noise will occupy and the more bandwidth your data can claim as its own. btw, here's a cool animated GIF showing how 16-QAM works. » en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu ··· tion.gif |
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This discussion brings back memories. In the 1970's I was working for a "supervisory control/telemetering" company. Our initial products were limited to the "Nyquist" theory (one bit/cycle of bandwidth[FSK]). Later products started to use QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying). It allowed us to get higher bit rates in the systems over dedicated telephone lines .
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camperjust visiting this planet Premium Member join:2010-03-21 Bethel, CT |
camper
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2015-Jan-18 11:53 am
  Ah yes, the Nyquist Theory.... know it well. |
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