Citation

Abstract

Based on a representation of Feher-patented quadrature-phase-shift keying (FQPSK) as a trellis-coded modulation, this article investigates the potential improvement in power e–ciency obtained from the application of simple (a small number of states) outer codes to form a concatenated coding arrangement with iterative decoding. Several possible configurations for the concatenation are suggested, and specific numerical results are presented for one of these in order to demonstrate the large coding gains that are achievable even when using a reducedcomplexity FQPSK receiver. The end result of these investigations is a system that has application in scenarios requiring a high degree of both power and bandwidth e–ciency.

Keywords

iterative decoding turbo codes bandwidth eficient modulation FQPSK

Details

Volume
42-145
Published
May 15, 2001
Pages
1–17
File Size
246.3 KB