CMX969D5 MX-COM, Inc., CMX969D5 Datasheet - Page 9

• Manufacturer Part Number: CMX969D5
• Description: MOTIENT/ARDIS RD-LAP MDC4800 Modem
• Manufacturer: MX-COM, Inc.

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4.2 Modem - µC Interaction
In general, data is transmitted over-air in the form of messages, or 'Frames', consisting of a 'Frame Preamble'
followed by one or more formatted data blocks. The Frame Preamble includes a Frame Synchronization
pattern designed to allow the receiving modem to identify the start of a frame. The following data blocks are
constructed from the 'raw' data using a combination of CRC (cyclic redundancy checksum) generation,
Forward Error Correction coding and Interleaving. Details of the message formats handled by the modem are
given in Section 4.4 and Figure 5 and Figure 6.
To reduce the processing load on the associated µ C, the CMX969 modem has been designed to perform as
much as possible of the computationally intensive work involved in Frame formatting and de-formatting and -
when in receive mode - in searching for and synchronizing onto the Frame Preamble. In normal operation the
modem will only require servicing by the µC once per received or transmitted block.
Thus, to transmit a block, the controlling µC has only to load the - unformatted - 'raw' binary data into the
modem's Data Block Buffer then instruct the modem to format and transmit that data. The modem will then
calculate and add the CRC bits as required, encode the result as 2 or 4-level symbols (with Forward Error
Correction coding) and interleave the symbols before transmission.
In receive mode, the modem can be instructed to assemble a block's worth of received symbols, de-interleave
the symbols, translate them to binary - using the FEC coding to correct as many errors as possible - and
check the resulting CRC before placing the received binary data into the Data Block Buffer for the µC to read.
The modem can also transmit and receive un-formatted data using the T4S, T24S, R4S, T8B, T40B and R8B
tasks described in Section 4.5.4. These are normally used for the transmission of Symbol and Frame
Synchronization sequences. They may also be used for the transmission and reception of special test
patterns.
4.3 Binary to RD-LAP 4-Level Symbol Translation
Although the over-air signal, and hence the signals at the modem TXOUT and RXIN pins, consists of 4-level
symbols in RD-LAP mode, the raw data passing between the modem and the µC is in binary form. Translation
between binary data and the 4-level symbols is done in one of two ways, depending on the task being
performed.
Direct: the simplest form, which converts between 2 binary bits and a single symbol, such as the 'S' Channel
Status symbol.
This is expanded so that an 8-bit byte translates to four symbols for the T4S, T24S and R4S tasks described
in Section 4.5.2.
With FEC: This is more complicated, but essentially translates groups of 3 binary bits to pairs of 4-level
symbols using a Forward Error Correcting coding scheme for the block oriented tasks THB, TIB, TLB, TSID,
RHB, RILB and RSID described in Section 4.5.4.
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