Systems and Methods for Determining Packet Error Rate (PER) for Wireless Encapsulated Network Packet Data Communications Links

Abstract

A method for generating a packet sequence for determining a Packet Error Rate (PER) using network packets, the method comprisinggenerating, using a Local Area Network (LAN) enabled computer, a series of network PER test packets and frames, each packet comprising a predetermined unique identifier and each frame comprising a predetermined sequence for the packets in the series of network packets, wherein the series of network packets and frames are each of a size that is compliant with a predetermined framing mode and encapsulation protocol for the transmission system for determining a PER from the series of network packets and frames, andtransmitting, using a transmitting device, the network packets and frames to a receiving device.

1 . A method for receiving a framing sequence and determining a Packet Error Rate (PER), the method comprising:
 receiving PER test data as a series of network packets and frames using a receiving device, the network packets and frames formed prior to transmission to comprise a size that is compliant with a predetermined framing mode and encapsulation protocol for the transmission system for determining a PER from the series of network packets and frames; and   determining the PER for the series of network packets and frames received using a Local Area Network (LAN) enabled interface by comparing a received packet sequence and received packet identifications of the PER test data with a predetermined unique identifier for each of the network packets and a predetermined sequence for the network packets.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising uniquely identifying the network packet for the received PER test data and determining its packet sequence number using encoded data. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising determining an integrity of the received data within the network packet using the encoded data. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising determining whether a network packet is missing using the sequence number. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising determining whether a network packet is a duplicate network packet using the sequence number. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising determining whether a network packet is out of sequence using the sequence number. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the framing mode is ISO/IEC 13818-1 Moving Picture Expert Group 2 (MPEG 2) 188-byte transport stream framing. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the encapsulation protocol is ETSI EN 301 192 Multiprotocol Encapsulation (MPE). 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the framing mode is ETSI EN 302 307 DVB-S2 baseband framing. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the encapsulation protocol is Generic Stream Encapsulation (GSE). 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the encapsulation protocol is Ultra-Lightweight Encapsulation or Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE). 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising determining an accounting of received network packets using a processing device. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising determining a number of received non-errored, errored, missing, or out of sequence network packets received in a pre-determined time period. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising storing the accounting of received network packets in a memory. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising processing the accounting data such that the data may be plotted or graphed. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the PER is determined without using an interface for raw transport frames. 
     
     
         17 . A system for receiving a framing sequence and determining a Packet Error Rate (PER), the system comprising:
 a receiving device configured to receive PER test data as a series of network packets and frames, the network packets and frames formed prior to transmission of the network packets and frames to comprise a size that is compliant with a predetermined framing mode and encapsulation protocol for the transmission system for determining a PER from the series of network packets and frames; and   a Local Area Network (LAN) enabled interface configured to determine the PER for the series of network packets and frames received by comparing a received packet sequence and received packet identifications of the PER test data with a predetermined unique identifier for each of the network packets and a predetermined sequence for the network packets.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the LAN enabled interface is further configured to uniquely identify a network packet and determine a sequence number of the network packet using encoded data. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the LAN enabled interface is further configured to determine an integrity of the received data within the network packet using the encoded data. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the LAN enabled interface is further configured to determine whether a network packet is missing using the sequence number. 
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the LAN enabled interface is further configured to determine whether a network packet is a duplicate network packet using the sequence number. 
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the LAN enabled interface is further configured to determine whether a network packet is out of sequence using the sequence number. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the framing mode is ISO/IEC 13818-1 Moving Picture Expert Group 2 (MPEG 2) 188-byte transport stream framing. 
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the encapsulation protocol is ETSI EN 301 192 Multiprotocol Encapsulation (MPE). 
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the framing mode is ETSI EN 302 307 DVB-S2 baseband framing. 
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein the encapsulation protocol is Generic Stream Encapsulation (GSE). 
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein the encapsulation protocol is Ultra-Lightweight Encapsulation or Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE). 
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the LAN enabled interface is further configured to determine an accounting of received network packets using a processing device. 
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 28 , wherein the LAN enabled interface is further configured to determine a number of received non-errored, errored, missing, or out of sequence network packets received in a pre-determined time period. 
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 28 , wherein the LAN enabled interface is further configured to store the accounting of received network packets in a memory. 
     
     
         31 . The system of  claim 28 , wherein the LAN enabled interface is further configured to process the accounting data such that the data may be plotted or graphed. 
     
     
         32 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the PER is determined without using an interface for raw transport frames.