一种突发模式下GMSK信号相干解调的方法

GMSK信号是一种连续相位调制方式,由于它具有较好的功率效率和频谱利用率,因此在无线通信领域得到广泛的应用。在此给出一种适合于数字化处理的突发GMSK调制信号的相干解调方式,利用基于FFT的载波频偏及符号时钟误差联合估计算法,实现前导字检测以及频偏和符号定时误差的估计和补偿。采用基于匹配滤波的前向位同步技术实现位同步,对存在残留频偏误差情况下该相干解调系统的解调性能进行了计算机仿真分析。仿真和实验表明,该解调方法具有良好的误码性能。     

GMSK信号的后解码相干解调

为提高现有通信系统中高斯最小频移键控(GMSK)信号的接收性能,提出了一种基于后解码的GMSK相干解调方法.对于接收到的GMSK基带信号,首先完成相位和载波的同步,将信号的初始相位补偿到零相位;然后通过交替抽取GMSK基带信号的虚部与实部幅度采样值完成信息提取;最后通过后续解码处理完成信号解调.仿真表明,在误码率为10-3时,基于后解码的GMSK解调性能仅比预编码GMSK相干解调差0.5 dB,与传统基于维特比迭代处理的GMSK相干解调性能基本相当,但算法实现更为简化,有利于在现有非相干解调GMSK通信系统中的性能提升实现.     

一种软件无线电GMSK非相干接收机

本文给出了一种适用于软件无线电的突发模式非相干GMSK接收机。该接收机可以在很短的前导字序列内完成载波和符号同步，采用线性近似的非相干检测算法来对非线性的GMSK。信号实现解调。该接收机采用前馈结构实现快速同步，同时具有较低的计算复杂度和相对优越的性能，适合于在线性软件无线电接收机平台上实现。通过仿真给出了该接收机与几种典型GMSK。接收机的性能比较，并且在实际软件无线电平台上得到验证。     

All-digital reverse modulation architecture based carrier recoveryimplementation for GMSK and compatible FQPSK

A carrier recovery circuit implementation with an all-digital reverse modulation approach for coherent detection in the GSM/GMSK system as well as the GMSK compatible improved efficiency cross-correlated FQPSK system is presented. The proposed carrier recovery implementation utilizes all-digital reverse modulation circuit in a feedback loop to remove the modulated signal from the received intermediate frequency (IF) signal and to estimate the phase error of this carrier signal using a phase-locked loop (PLL). The digital reverse modulation approach avoids the multipliers required in an analog reverse modulation design, so that it can be implemented in a single chip FPGA. Hardware implementation of the coherent detection demonstrates that cross-correlated FQPSK is completely compatible with GMSK in the system performance and the receiver structure for GSM. Experimental performance evaluations show that the proposed carrier recovery circuit provides a Bit Error Rate (BER) performance within 0.3 dB in a non-linearly amplified channel corrupted by additive white Gaussian noise (AWCN) as compared with the simulated performance of the GSM/GMSK system     

Digital frequency estimation in burst mode QPSK transmission

In burst digital transmission using PSK (phase shift keying) modulation with coherent detection, the recovery of the carrier reference phase and the symbol clock is a key aspect. If all users have a common clock synchronization, symbol timing needs not to be recovered in each burst. A digital processor for carrier recovery without preambles, in the presence of frequency offset, is considered. As an example, a 2 Mb/s QPSK transmission system is considered in which E _b/N_o=10 dB, and the burst and estimation interval length L=15. Using the algorithm described and averaging eight successive estimated frequency offsets, in order to eliminate anomalous errors, the BER (bit error rate) degradation is equal to 0.14 dB when Δf=20 kHz     

一种软件无线电突发模式MSK接收机

本文给出了一种适用于软件无线电的突发模式MSK接收机。该接收机可以在很短的前导字序列内实现载波频偏和时钟误差估计；然后使用先前判决出来的符号来估计参考载波相位并且连续预测信道增益，最后进行最佳相干判决。该接收机结构简单，并且符合软件无线电接收机的一般结构，能够容易的实现。     

一种改进的GFDM时频同步算法

针对广义频分复用( GFDM)系统对符号定时同步要求较高的问题,提出了一种新的基于前缀码的同步算法。在接收端,在获取粗略定时信息的基础上,利用前缀码前后两部分的相位差实现载波频偏估计,并对接收序列的频率偏移进行纠正,然后通过纠正后序列与已知发射前缀的互相关函数实现精确的符号定时估计。由于该前缀码具有共轭对称的特性,使其避免了“平顶效应”的出现。结合5G中低时延高可靠场景,在频率选择性信道中对其进行仿真,并通过均方误差对其性能进行了评估。理论分析及仿真结果表明,该算法相对于原算法具有更好的定时同步性能和更低的复杂度,提升了GFDM系统的整体性能。     

GMSK信号的多普勒频移快捕和跟踪

GMSK信号具有良好的频谱和功率特性,特别适用于功率受限和信道存在非线性、衰落以及多普勒频移的数字卫星移动突发通信系统。本文提出了一种GMSK信号的多普勒频移快捕和跟踪方法。该方法根据突发通信时帧结构的特点,采用独特码和FFT并行处理信号能量检测、帧同步检测和多普勒频移快捕,并采用判决反馈PLL环跟踪多普勒频移的变化。仿真结果表明,多普勒频移在-Rb／2～Rb/2范围内变化时,与理论值相比,采用该方法的准相干解调器误比特率Pb 性能恶化仅为0．3dB。在信息速率Rb=9．6kbps时,多普勒频移速率可达4000Hz／s。     

A Microprocessor-Based PSK Modem for Packet Transmission Over Satellite Channels

This paper describes a microprocessor-based modem developed for use in a packet switching network over satellite channels. This digital modem can process both BPSK and QPSK packets with near optimum error rate performance over channels with marginal signal energy-to-noise density ratio. Of principal concern is the development of the discrete time algorithms which form the basis of the microinstruction program. The processing of a packet can be decomposed into two basic stages: (1) the detection of the packet preamble and the rapid estimation of signal parameters (symbol timing and carrier frequency offset) for the specific packet, and (2) the demodulation of the data portion of the packet including the tracking of both symbol timing and carrier offset phase, phase ambiguity resolution and data symbol estimation. The paper concludes with details on the performance of the modem under operational conditions and a brief discussion of implementation of the processor.     

A computationally efficient method of timing and phase estimation in TDMA systems using a preamble sequence

Optimum and near optimum methods of burst parameter estimation based on the discrete Fourier transform are presented. The methods are applicable to single sample per symbol demodulators when the burst preamble is chosen to be a discrete frequency component at one quarter of the symbol rate. The proposed methods do not require the squaring of the signal, and hence avoid the loss associated with squaring the noise components. The optimum method is shown to reach the Cramer-Rao bound for symbol timing and carrier phase estimation for the chosen preamble, whereas the more computationally efficient method shows a loss of 1.0dB and yields information regarding the timing offset only. The performances of the two methods in the presence of carrier frequency offset and additive white Gaussian noise are analysed, and implementations are given together with a comparison of the respective computational complexities.     

Packet acquisition in upstream transmission of the DOCSIS standard

In upstream transmission of the DOCSIS (data over cable service interface specification) 1.0/1.1 and the TDMA mode of DOCSIS 2.0 standard, a packet begins with a preamble, the length and value of which are programmable by the headend. The acquisition process includes packet detection, symbol timing estimation, carrier frequency offset estimation and carrier phase estimation by means of the preamble so that the following information packet can be correctly demodulated. Methods to solve these tasks are not subject to standardization and are left to the system designer. However, they have a great impact on the system performance and thus are key elements for implementation. We present dedicated algorithms. A specific preamble is created and the corresponding scheme for packet acquisition is described in some detail. The packet detecting algorithm is independent of the carrier and symbol timing. The symbol timing estimate is obtained by using the minimum mean square algorithm regardless of the carrier frequency deviation and carrier phase. Algorithms for estimating the carrier frequency offset and carrier phase are proposed. Computer simulation results are given for all algorithms presented.     

GMSK中频数字化非相干接收机的设计与实现

针对突发模式下的GMSK信号,设计并实现了一种非相干数字化接收机,并且提出了一种更容易硬件实现而且频谱更好的GMSK信号产生方式。该接收机为了降低系统的复杂度,接收机采用2bit差分的方式按样点先进行信号解调,然后利用提出的基于引导码的位定时算法,在8个符号之内实现了位定时的快速捕获。最后在FPGA上的实现证明了接收机的可行性和优越性。     

Sequence Design for Data-Aided Estimation of Synchronization Parameters

In this letter, we propose a systematic technique for optimum data-sequence design for data-aided (DA) estimation of synchronization parameters. It is assumed that the system operates in burst mode, transmitting a linearly modulated information signal over an additive white Gaussian noise channel. The method is based on the minimization of the corresponding Crameacuter-Rao lower bound subject to a power constraint and is applied in four practical receiver synchronization contexts: estimation of the symbol timing with known carrier frequency offset and either known or unknown carrier phase, joint estimation of the symbol timing and carrier phase with known carrier frequency offset, and joint estimation of the carrier phase and carrier frequency offset with known symbol timing     

Alternatives for on-board digital multicarrier demodulation

In this paper alternatives for digital multicarrier demodulators (MCD) suitable for advanced digital satellite communications systems are presented. The MCD permits the direct on-board interfacing of FDMA and TDM communication links by digital signal processing techniques. Two main functions are implemented by a MCD: demultiplexing (DEMUX) and demodulation (DEMOD). We focus here only on a digital implementation of the MCD, looking at its advantages, flexibility, better performance and VLSI integrability. The DEMUX may be implemented in a number of ways: the analytic signal method, fast Fourier transform with polyphase network technique, or multistage methods. For all the implementation methods considered it is shown that a certain degree of integration of DEMUX and DEMOD functions is possible. To this end, in the proposed MCD schemes the receiver pulse-shaping filter has been integrated in the DEMUX structure, reducing the overall implementation complexity. It is shown that, for the per-channel structure based on the analytic signal method, a highly modular and flexible implementation can also be achieved. Coherent demodulation is used to reduce the signal-to-noise ratio required to achieve a specified bit error rate. The coherent demodulation is carried out by using the maximum likelihood (ML) estimation method. Two different approaches to receiver synchronization have been studied. For the first, the carrier phase and symbol timing estimates are independently derived by suitable techniques. The second approach makes use of the maximum a posteriori probability method to estimate both the carrier phase and symbol timing of the receivied signal. In particular, for this technique it is shown that, by a suitable choice of the architecture of the digital coherent receiver, the ML demodulator can be integrated in the joint carrier and clock recovery circuit, with no increase in the overall system complexity. The digital architecture of the proposed MCD can be adapted to different digital modulation techniques. However, here we consider only the application for QPSK signals, as this modulation scheme is the most promising for digital satellite communications. A theoretical analysis and computer simulation have been used to evaluate the performance degradation of the proposed MCD, including finite-arithmetic implementation effects.     

Frequency offset estimation in the intermediate frequency for satellite-based AIS signals

In this paper, an accurate frequency offset estimator is investigated in the intermediate frequency for the satellite-based automatic identification system (AIS) signals. Using Gaussian minimum shift keying (GMSK) modulation for transmission, the AIS signal is shown to be a plane wave with the modulated phase information and carrier frequency resulting from the Doppler effects. Hence, the phase information can be eliminated with a re-modulated signal, and the frequency offset can be estimated by the ratio of the maximum spectral amplitude and its neighbor spectral amplitude based on the fast Fourier transformation (FFT) interpolation. The estimator has low complexity, and it is easy to implement. Computer simulations are used to assess the performance of the estimator.     

An All Digital Implementation of Constant Envelope: Bandwidth Efficient GMSK Modem using Advanced Digital Signal Processing Techniques

Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying (GMSK) has been the most common modulation format belonging to the class of partial response Continuous Phase Modulation (CPM) scheme. It is primarily adopted in the GSM standards (B=0.3) for land mobile radio communication systems because of its high bandwidth efficiency and constant envelope modulation characteristics. The focus of this paper is the design of the demodulator wherein we demonstrate an all digital implementation of sub-optimal synchronization techniques for a GMSK modem based on two Laurent Amplitude modulation pulse (AMP) streams approximation representing the matched filter. In this all digital implementation, we perform a joint estimation of the symbol timing and carrier offset wherein the symbol timing is performed using interpolation techniques.     

一种基于改进FFT的MPSK载波估计方法

针对多进制相移链控(MPSK)信号相干解调中载波同步问题,提出一种基于Zoom FFT及频域内插的方法进行载波提取。该方法通过信号的非线性变换,在时频域内实现载波频率的粗估计,在此基础上通过频域内的插值校正实现载波的准确提取。仿真试验结果表明,本算法提取的载波具有较高的准确性,估计的最大相对误差只有10-6量级。该方法不需要特定图案的前导字,结构简单,可估计的载波频率适应范围大,在高信噪比的情况下硬件实现系统实时性好。     

Pilot tone aided coherent GMSK systems for sound/data mobilebroadcasting

A Gaussian minimum-shift keying (GMSK) modem with built-in fade canceler is proposed narrowband mobile digital broadcasting systems. The proposed scheme combines DC suppressing line code and high-pass filters to create a spectral null at the carrier frequency of the transmit GMSK signal spectrum. This enables an unmodulated carrier pilot tone to be transmitted with the digital broadcast signal without mutual interference. In the receiver, the recovered pilot is used to coherently demodulate the received signal without phase ambiguity. The pilot can be also be used to track and cancel out the random phase noise induced by fast fading. The scheme is applied to a 16 kb/s BT=0.25 GMSK signal with B_v=800 Hz, and its performance over a fast Rayleigh fading channel is investigated using computer simulation. The results demonstrates that the proposed coherent modem is capable of significantly outperforming conventional differential detection in fast fading environments such as a broadcasting channel for mobile reception     

Joint synchronization in Eureka 147 DAB system based on abruptphase change detection

We present a joint symbol, frame, and carrier synchronization method for the Eureka 147 DAB signal. Symbol timing is determined first by detecting an abrupt change in the phase angle of the complex product between the last quarter of a useful symbol and its cyclic extension in the guard interval. The detection of this abrupt change is based an the maximal likelihood (hit) principle. Frequency offset of fractional carrier spacing is estimated from the phase angle of the autocorrelation after symbol timing is estimated. Coarse frame synchronization and null symbol detection can also be achieved through this correlation information. Frequency offset of integral carrier spacing is determined from the convolution outputs between a received phase reference symbol and several locally generated but frequency-shifted phase reference symbols. We found the length of a guard interval is the most important parameter for the synchronization algorithm to work. Simulation results show that the performance of this synchronization method approaches to the ideal synchronization case in both an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel and a two-path Rayleigh fading channel     

卫星入路由通信的定时和载波同步算法

在卫星通信中,需要快速、高效地对接收信号的位定时和载波初始相位信息进行估计.针对MC-S-ALOHA卫星入路由信号的特点,给出了一种基于前导序列的定时同步和载波同步算法,该算法仅需要一个训练符号,既用于定时恢复,也用于载波频率捕获,额外开销量小,因此,该算法适合于突发模式的MC-S-ALOHA网络传输系统.仿真结果表明,该算法也能快速地实现定时和频率捕获,捕获的频率范围较宽, 而且实现结构简单.