not sure why wombat wont post it here but here is a quote from his explanation of overhead used.
We can do a little bit of analysis, though.
- First, we can see that DLM has used 4 different INP values - 46, 47, 49, 50. Presumably ordered from best to worst.
- jamesfoley's line has INP=46, and gets FEC settings of R=6, N=185. This means 3% of the line's bandwidth is now being used for this small amount of FEC alongside retransmission.
- skyECI/skeynewb's line has INP=50, and gets FEC settings of R=12, N=240. This means 5% of the line's bandwidth is gobbled up by overhead.
With a sample size of two, it is hard to reach proper conclusions, but it looks like higher INP values make for higher FEC overheads.
Now I checked baldeagle's stats and his also has the FEC overheads, so the FEC overheads are not unique to ECI cabinets, what is different is that the hawuei cabinets had a speed bump which masked these FEC overheads, whilst the ECI cabinets did not. So sadly us ECI users are on the second rate service but this is at least something, great for those on interleaved lines.
Given my current sync of 72mbit (which I think with the slight snrm drop I have had in the past month would probably resync at 71 to 71.5 range on fast path), I expect a sync speed of approx 68.8mbit on the ECI g.inp configuration, assuming I am on the lightest profile.
Edited by Chrysalis (Sat 19-Mar-16 19:18:14)