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Table 5 SNR threshold for rate adaptation (for a message consisting of 4800 symbols).

From: Full Rate Network Coding via Nesting Modulation Constellations

SNR (dB)

Modulation and coding

Bit/Sym

 

BPSK (1/2)

0.50

≥7.0

BPSK (3/4)

0.75

≥7.6

QPSK (1/2)

1.00

≥10.4

QPSK (3/4)

1.50

≥12.8

16 QAM (1/2)

2.00

≥17.0

16 QAM (3/4)

3.00

≥21.0

64 QAM (2/3)

4.00

≥23.4

64 QAM (3/4)

4.50

≥26.8

256 QAM (2/3)

5.33

≥28.0

256 QAM (3/4)

6.00