Method and apparatus for demodulation of relative phase modulated binary data
First Claim
1. In a communication system employing a carrier on which binary signals have been modulated by reversing the phase of the carrier 180°
- for representation of one binary value and not reversing phase for representation of the other binary value, a method of demodulating binary digits modulated on said carrier comprisingconditioning the modulated carrier signal received in preparation for demodulation by phase comparison of each data bit period of said carrier with its succeeding data bit period,delaying the conditioned carrier signal for a plurality of distinct periods with at least one delay period less than the nominal period of a data bit modulated on said carrier, one delay period equal to said nominal data bit period, and one delay period greater than said nominal data bit period,phase comparing the conditioned carrier signal as delayed by said distinct periods in separate channels with the conditioned carrier signal undelayed, thereby demodulating said conditioned carrier signal with compensation for positive Doppler shift, no Doppler shift and negative Doppler shift, andselecting the channel producing a signal having the most detectable binary signals in a first group of a number, N, of successive data bit periods.
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Abstract
A phase modulated carrier wave, in which a phase reversal represents one of two binary values is demodulated by sampling at a rate fs greater than the frequency of the carrier, comparing the phase of each sample with a sample delayed a nominal bit period in one channel, a sample delayed less than the nominal bit period in a second channel, and a sample delayed more than the nominal bit period in a third channel to compensate for positive and negative Doppler shift of the carrier from its nominal frequency in the second and third channels, respectively. A code word is detected in each of the three channels by comparing each demodulated sample bit with a replica of the code word, and correlating the results separately for each channel. The channel with the highest correlation is selected as the one most closely tuned to the carrier frequency received.
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10 Claims
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1. In a communication system employing a carrier on which binary signals have been modulated by reversing the phase of the carrier 180°
- for representation of one binary value and not reversing phase for representation of the other binary value, a method of demodulating binary digits modulated on said carrier comprising
conditioning the modulated carrier signal received in preparation for demodulation by phase comparison of each data bit period of said carrier with its succeeding data bit period, delaying the conditioned carrier signal for a plurality of distinct periods with at least one delay period less than the nominal period of a data bit modulated on said carrier, one delay period equal to said nominal data bit period, and one delay period greater than said nominal data bit period, phase comparing the conditioned carrier signal as delayed by said distinct periods in separate channels with the conditioned carrier signal undelayed, thereby demodulating said conditioned carrier signal with compensation for positive Doppler shift, no Doppler shift and negative Doppler shift, and selecting the channel producing a signal having the most detectable binary signals in a first group of a number, N, of successive data bit periods. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- for representation of one binary value and not reversing phase for representation of the other binary value, a method of demodulating binary digits modulated on said carrier comprising
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4. In a communication system employing a carrier on which binary signals have been modulated by reversing the phase of the carrier 180°
- for representation of one binary value and not reversing phase for representation of the other binary value, a method of demodulating binary digits modulated on said carrier comprising
converting the modulated carrier signal to a square wave of the same frequency and phase as said carrier signal, sampling said square wave at a constant rate to produce a number, S, of samples during each data bit period, delaying said samples for a data bit period, comparing the phase of said delayed samples with undelayed samples, thereby demodulating said square-wave signal samples to produce demodulated data bit samples continually code comparing said demodulated data bit samples with a static replica of an N-bit code modulated on said carrier, each demodulated data bit sample being compared in sequence with each replica bit to produce a bit 1 each time a demodulated data bit sample compares with a replica code bit, summing separately all comparison bits produced during each sample period to produce a value the magnitude of which represents the degree of correlation between demodulated bits and said replica bits, and accumulating said values to produce a correlation sum over the last N.sup.. S samples. - View Dependent Claims (5)
- for representation of one binary value and not reversing phase for representation of the other binary value, a method of demodulating binary digits modulated on said carrier comprising
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6. In a communication system employing a carrier on which binary signals have been modulated by reversing the phase of the carrier 180°
- for representation of one binary value and not reversing phase for representation of the other binary value, apparatus for demodulating binary digits modulated on said carrier comprising
means for conditioning the modulated carrier signal received in preparation for demodulation by phase comparison of each data bit period of said carrier with its succeeding data bit period, a plurality of delay means for delaying the conditioned carrier signal output of said conditioning means for a plurality of distinct periods, one delay means for a period less than the nominal period of a data bit modulated on said carrier, one delay means for a period equal to said nominal data bit period, and one delay means for a period greater than said nominal data bit period, plurality of phase comparing means for comparing the output of each delay means with said conditioned carrier undelayed, thereby demodulating said conditioned carrier signal with compensation for positive Doppler shift, no Doppler shift and negative Doppler shift in respective comparing means, and means connected to each of said plurality of phase comparing means for selecting the phase comparing means producing a signal having the most detectable binary signals in a first group of a number, N, of successive data bit periods. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
- for representation of one binary value and not reversing phase for representation of the other binary value, apparatus for demodulating binary digits modulated on said carrier comprising
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9. In a communication system employing a carrier on which binary signals have been modulated by reversing the phase of the carrier 180°
- for representation of one binary value and not reversing phase for representation of the other binary value, apparatus for demodulating binary digits modulated on said carrier comprising
means for converting the modulated carrier signal to a square wave of the same frequency and phase as said carrier signal, means for sampling said square wave at a constant rate to produce a number, S, of samples during each data bit period, means for delaying said samples for a data bit period, means for comparing the phase of said delayed samples with undelayed samples, thereby demodulating said square-wave signal samples to produce demodulated data bit samples, means for continually code comparing said demodulated data bit samples with a static replica of an N-bit code modulated on said carrier, each modulated data bit sample being compared in sequence with each replica bit to produce a bit 1 each time a demodulated data bit sample compares with a replica code bit, means for summing separately all comparison bits produced during each sample period to produce a value the magnitude of which represents the degree of correlation between demodulated bits and said replica bits, and means for accumulating said values to produce a correlation sum over the last N.sup.. S samples. - View Dependent Claims (10)
- for representation of one binary value and not reversing phase for representation of the other binary value, apparatus for demodulating binary digits modulated on said carrier comprising
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