NantNova's BER testing platform validates optical communication link performance across LEO, MEO, and GEO orbital ranges, characterizing signal integrity at data rates up to 2.5 Gbps.
Optical inter-satellite links fail silently. A miscalculated link budget, an undertested FEC implementation, or an uncharacterized receiver sensitivity means a dead channel on a satellite you can't service. NantNova's BER testing platform catches these failures on the ground—before they become $50M problems in orbit.
Our system characterizes the complete optical link chain at the physical layer: transmitter output power, receiver sensitivity, LDPC coding gain, and end-to-end BER across the full SDA 4.0 waveform standard. Every test maps directly to real link budgets at operational distances from 1,500 to 6,000 km, so your terminal ships with measured performance—not modeled estimates.
The BER platform runs continuous link characterization across the full signal chain. Eye diagram persistence captures thousands of bit transitions to reveal jitter, noise, and extinction ratio in real time. The integrated BER waterfall curve shows the dramatic 9 dB coding gain from LDPC forward error correction—proving your link meets SDA requirements with margin to spare.
NantNova’s BER test platform integrates high-speed pattern generators, real-time oscilloscopes with eye diagram analysis, and calibrated optical power meters to characterize end-to-end link performance from transmitter output through free-space propagation to receiver sensitivity.
BER Test Bench — Pattern Generator, Oscilloscopes & Optical Power Meters
Real-Time Eye Diagram — Signal Integrity Analysis
Test Setup — Complete Measurement Chain Overview
Validate your optical communication link performance with NantNova's comprehensive BER testing platform.