Method of quadrature-phase amplitude modulation
First Claim
1. A method of quadrature-phase amplitude modulation comprising the step of amplitude modulating two carrier signal components I and Q in phase quadrature in accordance with signal points in a signal point constellation, the signal point constellation comprising 22n signal points, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 4, arranged in a modified square array with substantially 22n-2 points in each of four quadrants defined by I and Q axes intersecting at an origin of a phase-plane diagram, the signal points in each quadrant of the square array having I and Q component amplitudes of 1, 3, 5, . . . 2n -1 units, the square array being modified by relocating a plurality of points in each quadrant from positions adjacent to a corner of the square to positions extrapolated from the square array and having reduced distances from the origin, wherein in each quadrant each of a majority of the points so relocated is located in a position, relative to the position which it would have in the square array, rotated through an angle of 180°
- about one of two predetermined points, said two predetermined points having I and Q amplitude co-ordinates of substantially (2n,2n-1) and (2n-1,2n).
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Abstract
A square array of signal points forming a QAM signal point constellation is modified by relocating signal points from corners of the square to positions extrapolated from the square array and at reduced distances from the origin, corresponding to reduced peak amplitude levels. The relocation is effected in a manner to maintain, at least for a majority of the relocated points, a Hamming distance of one. To this end for a constellation of 22n points, with n=4 or more and points with I and Q amplitudes 1, 3, 5, . . . 2n -1 units in the square array, a plurality of points in each quadrant are relocated to positions, relative to positions which they would have in the square array, rotated through an angle of 180° about predetermined reference points having I and Q amplitude co-ordinates of (2n,2n-1) and (2n-1,2n). Specific examples are described for 256 QAM (n=4) and 1024 QAM (n=5).
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19 Claims
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1. A method of quadrature-phase amplitude modulation comprising the step of amplitude modulating two carrier signal components I and Q in phase quadrature in accordance with signal points in a signal point constellation, the signal point constellation comprising 22n signal points, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 4, arranged in a modified square array with substantially 22n-2 points in each of four quadrants defined by I and Q axes intersecting at an origin of a phase-plane diagram, the signal points in each quadrant of the square array having I and Q component amplitudes of 1, 3, 5, . . . 2n -1 units, the square array being modified by relocating a plurality of points in each quadrant from positions adjacent to a corner of the square to positions extrapolated from the square array and having reduced distances from the origin, wherein in each quadrant each of a majority of the points so relocated is located in a position, relative to the position which it would have in the square array, rotated through an angle of 180°
- about one of two predetermined points, said two predetermined points having I and Q amplitude co-ordinates of substantially (2n,2n-1) and (2n-1,2n).
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19. A method of quadrature-phase amplitude modulation comprising the step of amplitude modulating two carrier signal components I and Q in phase quadrature in accordance with signal points in a signal point constellation, the signal point constellation comprising 22n signal points, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 4, arranged in a modified square array with substantially 22n-2 points in each of four quadrants defined by I and Q axes intersecting at an origin of a phase-plane diagram, the square array being modified by relocating a plurality of points in each quadrant from positions adjacent to a corner of the square to positions extrapolated from the square array and having reduced distances from the origin, wherein each of a majority of the points so relocated is relocated, about an axis parallel to one of said I and Q axes and substantially bisecting the points in the quadrant, to a position at substantially the same distance from said axis.
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