Differential detection of GMSK using decision feedback

Differential detector structures that use decision feedback to partially remove the effect of destructive intersymbol interference from minimum-shift keying (MSK) are introduced. In comparison to the conventional two-bit differential detection of GMSK (Gaussian MSK), the proposed structures provide about 4-dB E_b/N ₀ improvement when the premodulation filter time-bandwidth product is 0.25. As the premodulation filter becomes narrower, the advantages of the proposed receivers are more pronounced. Thus the bit-error-rate performance of differential detection is brought closer to coherent detection while avoiding the problems associated with the carrier recovery