186 results about "Continuous phase modulation" patented technology

A class of bandwidth reduction techniques are used develop a broad class of modulation types collectively called SSB-FM. These signals can be used to construct communication systems that provide bandwidth-normalized performance gains of 10 dB or more when compared to popular prior art modulation methods. An aspect of the invention involves mapping trellis paths in a complex signal space onto corresponding real-valued trellis signals with desirable spectral properties. The invention can be used map continuous phase modulated (CPM) signals onto simpler amplitude-modulated trellis signals having double the channel capacity of prior art CPM signals. Multi-amplitude signaling and frequency division multiplexing may also be incorporated to further accommodate more information per symbol.

The present invention centers upon uplink communication protocols for use primarily with orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communication systems. Aspects of the invention relate to narrow band frequency division multiplexed (NBFDM) modulation protocols primarily for uplink usage in asymmetric OFDMA communication systems. In particular, NBFDM uplinks that use quadrature multiplexed continuous phase modulation are detailed and noncoherent detection schemes are developed to process the uplink channel signals without the need to transmit uplink phase reference signals. Other aspects of the invention relate to burst mode uplink communications in OFDMA systems such as those involving opportunistic beamforming.

A bandwidth efficient advanced modulation waveform modem using concatenated iterative turbo coding and continuous phase modulation is disclosed. A demodulator in the modem has a turbo decoder and a decision feedback carrier and time tracking algorithm to track a carrier and adjust timing. The decision feedback carrier and time tracking algorithm may use an APP decoder as a decision device to provide symbol decisions at a high error rate and low latency for a coded input data stream. A symbol phase estimator produces a symbol phase error estimate from the symbol decisions. An erasure decision function decides which symbol decisions are correct and which symbol decisions are erasures. A carrier tracking function receives the symbol phase error estimates when the symbol decisions are correct and receives erasure inputs when the symbol decisions are erasures to maintain carrier tracking.

Methods, fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) interferometers and computer program products are provided for removing undesired artifacts in FDOCT systems using continuous phase modulation. A variable phase delay is introduced between a reference arm and a sample arm of an FDOCT interferometer using continuous phase modulation. Two or more spectral interferograms having different phase delay integration times are generated. The spectral interferograms are combined using signal processing to remove the undesired artifacts. Systems and methods for switching between stepped and continuous phase shifting Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) and polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PSOCT) are also provided herein.

The invention discloses an all digital frequency converting method and a device thereof, being easily realized for hardware. The method and the device are essentially used for sample rate convertion of rational number-times of baseband signals and the convertion of the baseband signals and the intermediate frequency signals in digital communication. Under the coordination of control signals and enabling signals, the convertion of signal sample rate can be finished and the convertion of the baseband signals and the intermediate signals can be finished through the reasonable matching of variable integral number-times wave filtering and fraction-times interpolation. The system of the invention essentially comprises a frequency mixer, a cascade connection integral comb filter, a fraction-time interpolating device, a half-band filter, a signal shaping filter, a power detection module and a control interface. The configurable hardware implemented structure of the invention is applicable to a plurality of modulation methods, has the advantages of low resource consumption and good portability, and is used for various wireless communication systems such as multilevel phase shift keying (MPSK), orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM), direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) and continuous phase modulation (CPM), etc.

A new pulse shape for CPM is introduced which is obtained by a linear combination of well-known RC and REC pulse shapes. The new pulse shape addresses the tradeoff between the width of the PSD main lobe and the rate of decay of the side lobe to improve the coded performance of multi-carrier systems affected by ACI. Also, a methodology is proposed to design and evaluate the performance of the new pulse shape for multi-carrier, coded systems based on the modulation constrained capacity. Furthermore, a binary convolutional code and the CPM modulator are concatenated using an S-random bit interleaver to lower the error floor. Finally, Laurent representation of the new pulse shape is suggested such that by retaining only the principal pulses at the receiver, complexity of the receiver can be reduced.

The invention discloses a metamaterial motion-sensing holographic element and a design method thereof. The motion-sensing holographic element comprises a substrate, and periodically distributed silicon nano brick array units are etched on the work face of the substrate. The sizes of silicon nano bricks in the silicon nano brick array units are equal, the orientation angle phi(x,y) of the silicon nano bricks is theta(x,y) / 2, theta(x,y) is the phase of corresponding pixels (x,y) of the silicon nano bricks, and center gaps between adjacent silicon nano bricks in the x direction and the y direction are equal. By means of the element and the design method, continuous phase modulation can be achieved on incident light. The process is simple, and the element has the outstanding advantages of being excellent in performance, high in stability, good in reliability, easy to manufacture and the like.

A direct synthesis transmitter. A very efficient and highly linear direct synthesis transmitter is provided that can be used to directly synthesize and transmit any type of modulated signal. The direct synthesis transmitter includes a phase-locked loop (PLL) with controls phase modulation plus an accompanying variable gain amplifier for amplitude modulation. Also included is a system to align the phase and amplitude modulation signals. A transmitter constructed in accordance with the present invention is very efficient and suitable for use in portable radio equipment.

A receiver generates log-likelihood-ratio-based soft bit metrics of precoded quaternary continuous phase modulation signals using four state-constrained trellises and a streamlined maximum likelihood sequence estimation Viterbi algorithm requiring no survivor state storage elements for a preferred error correction-coded quaternary Gaussian minimum shift keying communication system employing reduced-complexity pulse-amplitude modulation matched-filtering and soft-decision decoding.

A power synthesizer is in several (n) discrete stages, each stage having a discrete amplitude, constant envelope amplifier coupled in series with a continuous phase modulator. Each modulator is actuated simultaneously, but not necessarily to modulate the signal phase similarly. For circuit power combining, the modulators are coupled to inputs of the amplifiers, while the separately modulated and amplified bits are combined prior to being fed to the antenna. For spatial power combining, each modulator is coupled to the input of an amplifier which in turn feeds one of several antennas. Each stage operates on one bit, and each successive nth stage amplifies the input bit by a factor of a0 / 2n-1. Preferably, a discrete amplitude generator converts an (analog) output of an IFFT block to a binary sequence, and each bit is fed to a separate stage. The power synthesizer converts a digital output of the discrete amplitude generator to analog at RF rather than at baseband, rendering a baseband DAC, and a separate upconverter, unnecessary.

The invention discloses a system and a method for realizing iterative timing synchronization of a continuous phase modulation (CMP) signal; the system is provided with a sender, and is composed of a maximum likelihood detector, a de-interleaver, a channel decoder and an information destination which are connected in order, and an interleaver which is used for interleaving an output signal of the channel decoder and feeding back the interleaved output signal to the maximum likelihood detector; a built-up circuit of the maximum likelihood detector comprises a match filter set, a demodulator, and a timing synchronization loop circuit arranged between the match filter set and the demodulator; a detecting method based on a maximum likelihood criterion is used for demodulating the received CPM signal, detecting and computing a timing error value and adjusting the time delay, and outputting a bit likelihood ratio of each symbol. Based on a timing error detecting method of the maximum likelihood criterion, a soft information assistance fed back by the channel decoder is used for realizing the timing synchronization to obtain an accurate timing deviation estimation; meanwhile, an iterativeprocess is used between the demodulation and the decoding to maximally improve an error bit ratio of the system; and the system and method for realizing iterative timing synchronization of the CMP signal can be applied in long-distance communication with the requirement of high performance.

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for the compensation of signal distortion in fiber optic communication systems and the like. More specifically, the present disclosure provides an orthogonal polarization detection and broadband pilot (OPDBP) technique for the compensation of nonlinear cross polarization (i.e. nonlinear cross polarization modulation) (XPolM) induced noise and nonlinear nonlinear cross phase modulation (XPM) induced noise in a high data rate polarization multiplexed (PM) multilevel-quadrature amplitude modulated (M-QAM) channel due to neighboring channels. This approach allows for the compensation of both XPolM and XPM simultaneously, providing several dBs of optical reach extension. The approach uses a pilot tone based orthogonal polarization detection scheme with broadband (i.e. a few GHz wide) filtering of the pilot tones.

This invention discloses a channel quality estimation method for continuous phase modulation self adapting frequency hopping system through referencing the extent of CPM modulation signal interfered by other signal in communication, which contains first accounting the received signal phase in one code element time and phase of standard reference signal, then accounting the phase distance between received signal and standard reference signal, finding out minimal phase distance in all signal phase possible being transmitted, taking the average value, comparing the average value with set threshold value to judge the frequency point quality. Said invention can self adaptively select optimized channel to make frequency hopping communication for keeping the communication system in fine communication state.

The invention provides a radar communication integrated signal generation method and device. The method includes the following steps: performing three-stage design on a communication symbol sequence to be processed, and performing continuous phase modulation (CPM) on the acquired three-stage communication symbol sequence to generate a CPM signal, and loading the CPM signal to a chirp signal to generate a radar communication integrated signal. Thereby, the three-stage design of the radar communication integrated signal can be realized, and thus the radar communication integrated signal can be limited to a bandwidth range of the chirp signal, the out-of-band attenuation and out-of-band interference of a power amplifier and the noise effects can be avoided, the radar communication integrationrequirements can be met, the original working distance and detection tracking performance of radars can be maintained, and the requirements of high-speed data transmission can also be achieved.

Data aided carrier phase and symbol timing synchronizers are implemented at baseband as digital modulators isolating input signal inphase and quadrature component signals fed into inphase and quadrature Laurent transforms that function as data detector to provide odd and even data bit multiplexed output data signal while cross coupling the inphase and quadrature transformed outputs for removing data modulation in error signals to correct phase errors and timing errors in the received signal so as to provide reliable data demodulation of noisy received signals having dynamic carrier phase and symbol timing errors as found in continuous phase modulation communications systems such as Gaussian minimum shift keying communications systems.

Acquisition of a waveform such as a continuous-phase modulation (CPM) waveform is described. In one embodiment of the invention, the invention is directed to a method and apparatus for acquiring a waveform as defined by MIL-STD-188-181B including the preamble of such a waveform at a performance level defined by the standard. The present invention provides solutions to at least four primary issues presented in acquiring a CPM waveform such as the MIL-STD-188-181B compliant waveform. These primary problems include searching for the preamble, determination of the symbol rate, determination of an initial carrier frequency error (Doppler), determination of an initial carrier phase, and determination of the start-of-message to establish an absolute time marker within the waveform.

A system and method of the present invention forms a hybrid encoded signal. A signal generator generates a coded waveform having a trellis structure, such as a continuous phase modulated signal. A modulator is operative with the signal generator and adds at least one orthogonal or amplitude modulated waveform to a trellis structure of the coded waveform to create a non-constant envelope modulated signal that has at least one of increased bandwidth, improved bit error rate, or an increased number of bits encoded into a single symbol.

A circuit 30 for upsampling and upconverting a high rate signal that is divided into M in phase (I) symbols and M quadrature (Q) symbols. A Nyquist filter 32 upsamples by a factor of k each of the 2M symbols in parallel during one system clock period (CP). The filter 32 has a plurality of 2kM filter components 40, 42, that each provides a continuous output. A plurality of multipliers 50, 52 each upconverts a filter component output with a carrier wave signal 46, 48 that is output from a numerically controlled oscillator 44. A plurality of adders 54 each adds the output of two multipliers 50 to recombine corresponding I and Q samples to output kM samples during a CP. For continuous phase modulation, N parallel bits are input into the filter 32, upsampled in one CP, and accumulated and modulated 82 in parallel in one CP. For analog processing, M (I) and M (Q) symbols are input into an FIR filter 77a, 77b for upsampling, and decimated at a MUX / DAC block 78 for subsequent analog upconversion.

The invention belongs to the wireless communication field and provides a frequency deviation, time delay and phase deviation combined synchronization method of continuous phase modulation signals. The combined synchronization method includes the following steps of: FFT-based frequency deviation estimation; frequency deviation correction; filtering and demodulation; error signal generation: timing error signals and phase error signals are generated by using demodulation code elements and decision information; and iterative update: a timing loop and a phase-locked loop update timing and phase estimated values by using the error signals. According to the frequency deviation, time delay and phase deviation combined synchronization method of the continuous phase modulation signals, based on an FFT-based frequency deviation estimation algorithm, and a timing and phase combined estimation algorithm is used in combination, and therefore, accurate estimation can be performed on frequency deviation, timing and phase information. The method of the invention is suitable for accurate estimation of the frequency deviation, timing and phase value of the continuous phase modulation signals under a condition that frequency deviation, frequency deviation primary rate of change, time delay and phase deviation exist. The method has the advantages of elimination of false lock, excellent bit error rate (BER) performance and high estimation precision.

Multi-symbol non-coherent continuous phase modulation (CPM) detectors having a trellis structure, methods of continuous phase detection using a trellis structure, and trellis-based lock detectors and methods for digitally modulated signals are described. The continuous phase modulation detector includes receiver, observation, memory, and adjustment portions. The receiver has a trellis structure and is adapted for receiving digitally modulated signals having a generally continuous phase. The observation portion is adapted for performing multi-symbol observations on received digitally modulated signals and the memory is adapted for storing historic observation data corresponding to multi-symbol observations performed by the observation portion. The adjustment portion is adapted for selectively adjusting the receiver in accordance with stored historic observation data. A trellis-based lock detector computes a global survivor for consecutive time indexes as a maximum cumulative branch metric corresponding to a given time index for consecutive branches of the trellis structure.

Three receivers are presented for the general case of noncoherent detection of multi-h continuous phase modulation. All three receivers yield performance gains using multi-symbol observations. The first is an existing receiver which has previously been applied to PCM / FM and is now applied to the Advanced Range Telemetry Tier II waveform. The second and third receivers are presented for the first time in this paper. The existing noncoherent receiver is found to perform poorly (and with high complexity) for the Advanced Range Telemetry Tier II case. For single-symbol observations, the new receivers outperform conventional FM demodulation for both telemetry waveforms, and for multi-symbol observation lengths their performance approaches that of the optimal coherent receiver. The performance is evaluated using computer simulations. Receiver performance is also evaluated using a simple channel model with varying carrier phase. The traditional FM demodulator approach is found to outperform all three receivers as channel conditions worsen.

The communications terminal and acquisition method is for use with Continuous Phase Modulation (CPM) and Phase Shift Keying (PSK) modulation-type signals, each modulation-type signal having a respective preamble phasing sequence. The communications terminal may include a wireless communications device to receive a modulated signal having one of the CPM and PSK modulation types, and having a symbol rate. A controller may be included to cooperate with the wireless communications device to perform a transform process, such as a Fourier Transform (FT) process, on the received modulated signal to detect the modulation type and the symbol rate of the received modulated signal based upon the preamble phasing sequence. Carrier phase and frequency of the received modulated signal may be estimated based upon bin amplitudes. Also, symbol timing may be estimated based upon a phase difference between tones associated with the preamble phasing sequence.

The invention provides a non-coherent demodulation device and a non-coherent demodulation method of CPM (continuous phase modulation) signals. The non-coherent demodulation device of CPM signals at least comprises an antenna, a reception radio-frequency module, a matching filter, a synchronization module, a symbol difference module, a Viterbi sequence detection module and a modulation coefficient detection module which are all sequentially connected, wherein the modulation coefficient detection module is then connected with the matching filter and the Viterbi sequence detection module. The non-coherent demodulation device and the non-coherent demodulation method of CPM (continuous phase modulation) signals has performance similar to coherent demodulation algorithm, and at the same time can tolerate relative large-scale carrier wave frequency deviation and phase change and trace changes in modulation coefficients in transmission signals, and the non-coherent demodulation device is simple in structure and has good demodulation effect.

The architecture of the chip includes the continuous phase modem (CPM), the spread spectrum modem (SSM), up / low frequency converter, and CPU. The up / low frequency converters accomplish mutual conversion, and sampling rate switch on sample on baseband. CPM accomplishes modulating and demodulating signal in continuous phase, and SSM accomplishes modulating and demodulating signal in spread spectrum. Other modules in CPU control chip are in use being as platform of running network protocol, and in use for executing function of interaction with external data and control command. Using configurable reconstructed functional modules and using format of transmission frame of head capable of transferring modulation mode and transmission rate, the chip system realizes function of hand held walkie-talkie in multimode.

A power synthesizer is in several (n) discrete stages, each stage having a discrete amplitude, constant envelope amplifier coupled in series with a continuous phase modulator. Each modulator is actuated simultaneously, but not necessarily to modulate the signal phase similarly. For circuit power combining, the modulators are coupled to inputs of the amplifiers, while the separately modulated and amplified bits are combined prior to being fed to the antenna. For spatial power combining, each modulator is coupled to the input of an amplifier which in turn feeds one of several antennas. Each stage operates on one bit, and each successive nth stage amplifies the input bit by a factor of a0 / 2n−1. Preferably, a discrete amplitude generator converts an (analog) output of an IFFT block to a binary sequence, and each bit is fed to a separate stage. The power synthesizer converts a digital output of the discrete amplitude generator to analog at RF rather than at baseband, rendering a baseband DAC, and a separate upconverter, unnecessary.

The present invention provides a new and unique method and apparatus to generate a sequence of symbols to be transmitted, comprising transmitting a block of symbols having data symbols and redundancy symbols, the redundancy symbols being generated based on the data symbols, a first part of the redundancy symbols being transmitted as a prefix of the block, a second part of the redundancy symbols being transmitted as a postfix of the block and a third part of the redundancy symbols being transmitted as an intermediate part of the block between the prefix part and postfix part. The first part of the redundancy symbols may be generated from the symbols that are transmitted at the end of a data portion of the block, the second part of the redundancy symbols may be generated from the symbols that are transmitted at the start of the data portion of the block, the third part of the redundancy symbols (which are transmitted in the second half of the data portion of the block) may be generated from an entire sequence of non-redundant data symbols that are transmitted in the first half of the data portion of the block and the block may form part of a continuous phase modulation (CPM) waveform that is substantially symmetric-periodic.

A signal generator generates a coded or memory waveform having a trellis structure. A modulator is operative with the signal generator for adding at least one phase pulse to the trellis structure of the coded or memory waveform to create a substantially constant envelope modulated signal that increases the transmitted bits per symbol.