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Trellis coded modulation for transmission over fading mobile satellite channel
Assignee: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Filing: 1988-09-15
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Granted: 1990-07-31
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Expires: 2008-09-15
Abstract
Abstract The combination of trellis coding and MPSK signaling with asymmetry (nonuniform spacing) to the signal set is disclosed with regard to its suitability for a fading mobile satellite communication channel. For MPSK signaling, introducing nonuniformity in the phase spacing between signal points provides an improvement in performance over that achievable with trellis codes symmetric MPSK signaling, all this without increasing the average or peak power, or changing the bandwidth constraints imposed on the system. Block interleaving may be used to reduce error and pilot tone(s) may be used for improving the error correction performance of the trellis decoder in the presence of channel fading.
Inventors
- 👤 Marvin K. Simon
- 👤 Dariush Divasalar
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 22:18
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L27/00; H04L27/18; H04L27/186; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/14; H04B7/15; H04B7/185; H04B7/1853; H04B7/18532
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
A method of communication with a mobile receiver over a fading mobile-satellite channel for digital coded voice and data comprising the steps of trellis coding said data at a transmitter, block interleaving said trellis coded data, and multiple phase-shift-keyed signaling the trellis coded and block interleaved data with constant amplitude and distinct phase spacing in a signal set of phases greater than four, and thereafter quadrature modulating the result on an IF carrier and modulating the modulated IF carrier on an RF carrier for transmission through said mobile-satellite channel and including the step of inserting two pilot tones in the modulated IF carrier for use in synchronous demodulation of the IF carrier at said mobile receiver, and further including the steps at said mobile receiver of extracting said pilot tones, using said pilot tones for synchronous demodulation of said IF carrier to coherently detect received trellis coded data, block deinterleaving detected trellis coded data, and decoding the deinterleaved trellis coded data, said demodulating step including the steps of recovering information from extracted pilot tones for use as side information in said deinterleaved trellis decoding step.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
185 words
A method of communication with a mobile receiver over a fading mobile-satellite channel for digital coded voice and data comprising the steps of trellis coding said data at a transmitter, block interleaving said trellis coded data, and multiple phase-shift-keyed signaling the trellis coded and block interleaved data with constant amplitude and distinct phase spacing in a signal set of phases greater than four, and thereafter quadrature modulating the result on an IF carrier and modulating the modulated IF carrier on an RF carrier for transmission through said mobile-satellite channel and including the step of inserting two pilot tones in the modulated IF carrier for use in synchronous demodulation of the IF carrier at said mobile receiver, and further including the steps at said mobile receiver of extracting said pilot tones, using said pilot tones for synchronous demodulation of said IF carrier to coherently detect received trellis coded data, block deinterleaving detected trellis coded data, and decoding the deinterleaved trellis coded data, said demodulating step including the steps of recovering information from extracted pilot tones for use as side information in said deinterleaved trellis decoding step.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein said signal set is comprised of eight distinct phases.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
87 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein channel state information is derived from said pilot tones at said receiver in the form of a fading channel parameter, ρ n , for use as side information, z n , in the step of trellis decoding, and the decoding process uses a metric of the form m(y n , x n ; z n )=-|y n -ρ n x n | 2 for improving the error correction performance of the trellis decoding in the presence of channel fading.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
183 words
Apparatus for communication with a mobile receiver over a fading mobile-satellite channel for digital coded voice and data comprising means for trellis coding said data, means for block interleaving said trellis coded data, means for multiple phase-shift-keyed signaling said trellis coded and block interleaved data with constant amplitude and distinct phase spacing in a signal set of phases greater than four, means for quadrature modulating the multiple phase-shift-keyed trellis encoded data on an IF carrier, means for inserting two pilot tones in the modulated IF carrier, and means for modulating the modulated IF carrier on an RF carrier for transmission through said mobile-satellite channel, and including means at said mobile receiver for synchronous demodulating of the IF carrier comprising means for extracting said two pilot tones, means for demodulating said IF carrier using said pilot tones to coherently detect said trellis coded data, means for block deinterleaving said trellis coded data, and means for decoding said deinterleaved trellis coded data, said demodulating means including means for recovering information for extracted pilot tones for use as side information in said deinterleaved trellis decoding means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
183 words
Apparatus for communication with a mobile receiver over a fading mobile-satellite channel for digital coded voice and data comprising means for trellis coding said data, means for block interleaving said trellis coded data, means for multiple phase-shift-keyed signaling said trellis coded and block interleaved data with constant amplitude and distinct phase spacing in a signal set of phases greater than four, means for quadrature modulating the multiple phase-shift-keyed trellis encoded data on an IF carrier, means for inserting two pilot tones in the modulated IF carrier, and means for modulating the modulated IF carrier on an RF carrier for transmission through said mobile-satellite channel, and including means at said mobile receiver for synchronous demodulating of the IF carrier comprising means for extracting said two pilot tones, means for demodulating said IF carrier using said pilot tones to coherently detect said trellis coded data, means for block deinterleaving said trellis coded data, and means for decoding said deinterleaved trellis coded data, said demodulating means including means for recovering information for extracted pilot tones for use as side information in said deinterleaved trellis decoding means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
Apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein said signal set is comprised of eight distinct phases.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
88 words
Apparatus as defined in claim 4 including means for deriving channel state information from said pilot tones at said receiver in the form of a fading channel parameter, p n , for use as side information, z n , in said means for trellis decoding, and said decoding means uses a metric of the form m(y n , x n ; z n )=-|y n -ρ n x n | 2 for improving the error correction performance of said trellis decoding means in the presence of channel fading.
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