4.2.3 Protection ratio

This mode is identical to the “sensitivity” mode since the only difference is that the Blocking value (relative to the noise floor) is provided in dB. The software processes the information using exactly the same method to obtain the value of the receiver attenuation (see A8.7).

The function block_{Protection Ratio}(Df) that you entered represents the protection ratio, i.e. the ratio of maximum acceptable level of interfering signal to the wanted signal level, at a given frequency separation.

In this case SEAMCAT calculates the receiver attenuation a_VLR(Df) to be applied to the interfering signal by using the following expression (see Figure 105):

                        Attenuation (Df) = block_{Protection Ratio}(Df) (dB) + C/(N+I) (dB) + (N+I)/N (dB) – I/N (dB)     (Eq. 24)

                        Attenuation (Df  ) = 40 + 16 + 3 - 0 = 59 dB                                                           

                       iRSS_blocking (f_it) = Pe + Ge + Gr - L -  Attenuation (Df  )                             

                       iRSS_blocking = Interfering Signal Level (f it ) = -54.5 - 59 = -113.5 dBm                        

Figure 105: Mean iRSS_blocking in case of Protection-ratio mode