Multi-dimensional fractional number of bits modulation scheme
First Claim
1. A trellis coded modulation transmitter encoder for a communication system comprising:
- a first serial-to-parallel converter converting an input signal into a first parallel signal;
a swap controller electrically coupled to said first serial-to-parallel converter and swapping order of information bits in said first parallel signal to generate a parallel interchange signal;
a parallel-to-serial converter electrically coupled to said swap controller and converting said interchange signal into a serial interchange signal;
a padder electrically coupled to said parallel-to-serial converter and padding said serial interchange signal with redundant bits to generate a padded interchange signal;
a second serial-to-parallel converter electrically coupled to said padder and converting said padded interchange signal into a convolutional encoder input signal;
a convolutional encoder electrically coupled to said second serial-to-parallel converter and coding said convolutional encoder input signal to generate a convolutional encoder output signal; and
a signal set mapper electrically coupled to said convolutional encoder and mapping said convolutional encoder output signal to generate a modulated signal.
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Abstract
A method of encoding information bits of a communication signal for a communication system (10) is provided. The method includes decomposing the communication signal having a corresponding M1-ary modulation constellation into a M2-ary constellation, and a M3-ary constellation to generate one or more symbols Si. The one or more symbols Si are mapped using a bit-to-symbol table to generate an encoded communication signal. Decoding methods are also provided for uncoded modulation and trellis coded modulation (TCM). A transmitter (20) comprising an encoder (12) for performing TCM that is capable of transmitting a fractional number of information bits per transmitted symbol is also provided.
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20 Claims
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1. A trellis coded modulation transmitter encoder for a communication system comprising:
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a first serial-to-parallel converter converting an input signal into a first parallel signal;
a swap controller electrically coupled to said first serial-to-parallel converter and swapping order of information bits in said first parallel signal to generate a parallel interchange signal;
a parallel-to-serial converter electrically coupled to said swap controller and converting said interchange signal into a serial interchange signal;
a padder electrically coupled to said parallel-to-serial converter and padding said serial interchange signal with redundant bits to generate a padded interchange signal;
a second serial-to-parallel converter electrically coupled to said padder and converting said padded interchange signal into a convolutional encoder input signal;
a convolutional encoder electrically coupled to said second serial-to-parallel converter and coding said convolutional encoder input signal to generate a convolutional encoder output signal; and
a signal set mapper electrically coupled to said convolutional encoder and mapping said convolutional encoder output signal to generate a modulated signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of encoding information bits of a communication signal for a communication system comprising:
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decomposing the communication signal having a corresponding M1-ary constellation into a M2-ary constellation, and a M3-ary constellation to generate a symbol series comprising one or more symbols Si; and
mapping said one or more symbols Si using a bit-to-symbol table to generate an encoded communication signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of decoding information bits for a communication system that uses uncoded modulation comprising:
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receiving modified I-Q signals;
denoting said modified I-Q signals into one or more symbols Si;
determining one or more distances diM2-ary and one or more distances diM3-ary for each of said one or more symbols Si and calculating a distance total DI-Q;
determining one or more possible distance totals Dh for said modified I-Q signals;
comparing said distance total DI-Q for said modified I-Q signals with said one or more possible distances totals Dh; and
outputting a decoded communication signal.
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20. A method of decoding information bits for a communication system that uses trellis-coded modulation comprising:
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receiving a modified I-Q signals;
denoting said modified I-Q signals into a plurality of symbols Si; and
decoding said plurality of symbols Si simultaneously.
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