And they all are redundant so their data rate is a whopping 4 or 8 Mbps. I get a headache trying to figure it out once again. Bob Miller On 9/25/07, John Shutt <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "johnwillkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > What this has to do with COFDM is that the modulation scheme employed by > > XM > > -- as trumpeted by Bob Miller years ago -- is COFDM. > > The Terrestrial Repeaters use COFDM. The Satellites use single carrier > QPSK. > > > I don't know that the XM setup actually uses a single frequency, but I > > suspect that it does. I don't know that their network in LA uses a SFN, > > but > > I suspect that it does. > > XM has six frequencies. Four are used for Satellite to receiver, and two > are used for TR to receiver. > > http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7075946-description.html > > John > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.