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    Don't forget Ethernet uses 8b10b encoding on top of the frame
    overhead..<br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8b/10b_encoding">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8b/10b_encoding</a><br>
    <br>
    LTE supports up to 64QAM (256QAM for LTE Advanced) for the actual
    radio side of things<br>
    This (rather cool) page has all the nitty gritty details:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/cellulartelecomms/lte-long-term-evolution/lte-ofdm-ofdma-scfdma.php">http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/cellulartelecomms/lte-long-term-evolution/lte-ofdm-ofdma-scfdma.php</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/cellulartelecomms/lte-long-term-evolution/lte-frame-subframe-structure.php">http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/cellulartelecomms/lte-long-term-evolution/lte-frame-subframe-structure.php</a><br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/02/16 09:10, Damien Gardner Jnr
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAPrfDLWDkaFriB93d0+u_VVdYZimwrsTkKdEdtrCwsQWsi-i3w@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div dir="ltr">8, N, 1.  That's a start bit, 8 data bits, no
        parity, 1 stop bit. That's actually 10 bits per transmitted
        byte.  :)
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Since it's sent over packet radio, I was figuring it was
          basically the same overheads.  If you happen to have
          references on how the data on LTE is encapsulated, I'd love to
          read them :)</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>If it was ethernet, the overheads are much narrower - 38
          bytes for the Ethernet frame, and 40 bytes for the IP header.
          (Though the IP header isn't going to be taken into account by
          Layer 7 apps reporting their throughput), or only 5% of
          throughput, compared to 20% on serial.</div>
      </div>
      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On 16 February 2016 at 08:58, Mark
          Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:markzzzsmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">markzzzsmith@gmail.com</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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              class="">
              <p dir="ltr"><br>
                On 16 Feb 2016 07:26, "Damien Gardner Jnr" <<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:rendrag@rendrag.net" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rendrag@rendrag.net">rendrag@rendrag.net</a></a>>
                wrote:<br>
                ><br>
                > 166gbps, and assuming you're using 8 bits per byte.
                 <br>
                ><br>
                > When did we start using 8 bits per byte for
                calculating comms rates, rather than 10?<br>
                ></p>
            </span>
            <p dir="ltr">The more interesting question is when did you
              start using 10 bits per byte, and why did you think it was
              common or popular to use?</p>
            <p dir="ltr">The only way I can think of to get to 10 bits
              per byte is on an async serial link with combinations of
              non-zero numbers of parity and stop bits, and that wasn't
              common in my time dealing with dealing with serial. N, 8,
              1 was or 9 bits in total.</p>
            <div class="HOEnZb">
              <div class="h5">
                <p dir="ltr">> I figured on 208gbps including
                  signalling overhead<br>
                  ><br>
                  > On 15 February 2016 at 23:33, Damian Guppy <<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:the.damo@gmail.com" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:the.damo@gmail.com">the.damo@gmail.com</a></a>>
                  wrote:<br>
                  >><br>
                  >> My math says 1.8PB over 24 hours works out to
                  an average of 160gbps?<br>
                  >><br>
                  >> --Damian<br>
                  >><br>
                  >> On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 at 6:34 PM, Joshua
                  D'Alton <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:joshua@railgun.com.au" target="_blank">joshua@railgun.com.au</a>>
                  wrote:<br>
                  >>><br>
                  >>> I don't know, 1.8PB in even only 12 hours
                  works out at ....  .... 41.6666 Gbps or about the same
                  as Vodafone. I'd say its the same order of magnitude,
                  although the Telstra network on a whole during Sunday
                  certainly would have pulled at least 400G if not Tbps.<br>
                  >>><br>
                  >>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 9:12 PM, Damian
                  Guppy <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:the.damo@gmail.com" target="_blank">the.damo@gmail.com</a>>
                  wrote:<br>
                  >>>><br>
                  >>>> Telstra reports the network did 1.8
                  PB of traffic on Sunday. Impressive. When vodafone did
                  their free weekend for a similar stuff up I believe
                  they reported only getting a peak of 40gbps, which
                  would be almost an order of magnitude less than
                  Telstra. <br>
                  >>>><br>
                  >>>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://exchange.telstra.com.au/2016/02/15/big-day-of-free-data/"
                    target="_blank">http://exchange.telstra.com.au/2016/02/15/big-day-of-free-data/</a><br>
                  >>>><br>
                  >>>> --Damian<br>
                  >>>><br>
                  >>>> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 3:54 PM,
                  Quentin Rittman <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:quentinrittman@internode.on.net"
                    target="_blank">quentinrittman@internode.on.net</a>>
                  wrote:<br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>>> Boost are, Telechoice are, Aldi
                  are,<br>
                  >>>>> Others, dunno. <br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>>> From: AusNOG <<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a></a>>
                  on behalf of Narelle <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com" target="_blank">narellec@gmail.com</a>><br>
                  >>>>> Date: Saturday, 13 February 2016
                  at 6:31 PM<br>
                  >>>>> To: Michael Biber <<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:mbiber@ipv6forum.com.au"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mbiber@ipv6forum.com.au">mbiber@ipv6forum.com.au</a></a>>,
                  Joshua D'Alton <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:joshua@railgun.com.au" target="_blank">joshua@railgun.com.au</a>><br>
                  >>>>> Cc: "<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a>"
                  <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net"
                    target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>><br>
                  >>>>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Telstra
                  mobile down "nationwide"<br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>>> I've only heard the names of some
                  resellers.<br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>>> Best to check.<br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>>> YBSMV<br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>>> [Billing system]<br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>>> Narelle <br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>>> On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:26 Michael
                  Biber <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:mbiber@ipv6forum.com.au"
                    target="_blank">mbiber@ipv6forum.com.au</a>>
                  wrote:<br>
                  >>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>> Does this include Telstra
                  resellers like Boost?<br>
                  >>>>>> They haven't said anything to
                  me so I presume not.<br>
                  >>>>>> Mike<br>
                  >>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>> On 12 Feb 2016 7:46 pm,
                  "Joshua D'Alton" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:joshua@railgun.com.au" target="_blank">joshua@railgun.com.au</a>>
                  wrote:<br>
                  >>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>> Apparently this Sunday is
                  free data day, <br>
                  >>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>> As a small gesture to say
                  sorry, we’re giving you — as a Telstra mobile <br>
                  >>>>>>> customer — free mobile
                  data within Australia this Sunday. <br>
                  >>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>> Whether you’re on a
                  personal or business, pre-paid or post-paid mobile,
                  tablet or mobile broadband plan, you will
                  automatically receive free data, from ​midnight ​to
                  ​midnight in your local Australian time zone ​Sunday
                  ​14 ​February ​2016.                                  
                                   <br>
                  >>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at
                  4:20 PM, Narelle <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com" target="_blank">narellec@gmail.com</a>>
                  wrote:<br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>> Then there's this
                  one:<br>
                  >>>>>>>> <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.itnews.com.au/news/telecom-nz-hands-out-cdma-phones-after-3g-network-failure-165889"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.itnews.com.au/news/telecom-nz-hands-out-cdma-phones-after-3g-network-failure-165889">http://www.itnews.com.au/news/telecom-nz-hands-out-cdma-phones-after-3g-network-failure-165889</a></a> <br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>> and this one:<br>
                  >>>>>>>> <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wirelesse2e.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/another-outage-more-lessons-geo-redundancy-couldnt-prevent-verizon-lte-service-disruption/"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wirelesse2e.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/another-outage-more-lessons-geo-redundancy-couldnt-prevent-verizon-lte-service-disruption/">https://wirelesse2e.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/another-outage-more-lessons-geo-redundancy-couldnt-prevent-verizon-lte-service-disruption/</a></a><br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>> A lot of it has to do
                  with the massive increase in signalling as each user
                  terminal tries to re-register with the HLR/HSS (3G/4G
                  respectively).<br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>> That's why when you
                  bring them back on you have to do it gradually... it
                  is a highly reliable system generally and 4G is
                  definitely more so than 3G.<br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>> Narelle<br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016
                  at 1:00 PM, Roland Dobbins <<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:rdobbins@arbor.net" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rdobbins@arbor.net">rdobbins@arbor.net</a></a>>
                  wrote:<br>
                  >>>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>>> On 11 Feb 2016,
                  at 6:55, TWIG Solutions wrote:<br>
                  >>>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>>>> Same thing
                  occurred there, if and RNG failed, if the switch-over
                  to the standby failed for some reason, the resulting
                  registration storm caused the network to fall-over for
                  18 hours.<br>
                  >>>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>>> <<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/%7Ejdalbey/SWE/Papers/att_collapse.html"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~jdalbey/SWE/Papers/att_collapse.html">http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~jdalbey/SWE/Papers/att_collapse.html</a></a>><br>
                  >>>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>>>
                  -----------------------------------<br>
                  >>>>>>>>> Roland Dobbins
                  <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:rdobbins@arbor.net" target="_blank">rdobbins@arbor.net</a>><br>
                  >>>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>>>
                  _______________________________________________<br>
                  >>>>>>>>> AusNOG mailing
                  list<br>
                  >>>>>>>>> <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a></a><br>
                  >>>>>>>>> <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a></a><br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>> -- <br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>> Narelle<br>
                  >>>>>>>> <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com">narellec@gmail.com</a></a><br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>>
                  _______________________________________________<br>
                  >>>>>>>> AusNOG mailing list<br>
                  >>>>>>>> <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a></a><br>
                  >>>>>>>> <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a></a><br>
                  >>>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>>>
                  _______________________________________________<br>
                  >>>>>>> AusNOG mailing list<br>
                  >>>>>>> <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a></a><br>
                  >>>>>>> <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a></a><br>
                  >>>>>>><br>
                  >>>>>
                  _______________________________________________ AusNOG
                  mailing list <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net"
                    target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a> <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog"
                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a></a><br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>>>
                  _______________________________________________<br>
                  >>>>> AusNOG mailing list<br>
                  >>>>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net"
                    target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
                  >>>>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog"
                    target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><br>
                  >>>>><br>
                  >>>><br>
                  >>>><br>
                  >>>>
                  _______________________________________________<br>
                  >>>> AusNOG mailing list<br>
                  >>>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net"
                    target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
                  >>>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog"
                    target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><br>
                  >>>><br>
                  >>><br>
                  >><br>
                  >>
                  _______________________________________________<br>
                  >> AusNOG mailing list<br>
                  >> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net"
                    target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
                  >> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog"
                    target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><br>
                  >><br>
                  ><br>
                  ><br>
                  ><br>
                  > -- <br>
                  ><br>
                  > Damien Gardner Jnr<br>
                  > VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust<br>
                  > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:rendrag@rendrag.net" target="_blank">rendrag@rendrag.net</a>
                  -  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://www.rendrag.net/" target="_blank">http://www.rendrag.net/</a><br>
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                  >  We ran to the sounds of thunder.<br>
                  > We danced among the lightning bolts,<br>
                  >  and tore the world asunder<br>
                  ><br>
                  ><br>
                  > _______________________________________________<br>
                  > AusNOG mailing list<br>
                  > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net"
                    target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
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        -- <br>
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          <div dir="ltr">
            <p>Damien Gardner Jnr<br>
              VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust<br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:rendrag@rendrag.net" target="_blank">rendrag@rendrag.net</a>
              -  <span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="http://www.rendrag.net/" target="_blank">http://www.rendrag.net/</a><u><br>
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              We rode on the winds of the rising storm,<br>
               We ran to the sounds of thunder.<br>
              We danced among the lightning bolts,<br>
               and tore the world asunder</p>
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