A Spectrum Efficient Constellation to Simultaneously Transmit Information and Synchronization Sequence

Rugui Yao, Yuan Zhang, Qihong Wu, Theodoros A. Tsiftsis, Nan Qi, Xiaoya Zuo, Shuxia Guo

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Abstract

In this paper, a new type of quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation, named as special QPSK (SQPSK), is proposed and optimized. For SQPSK, the quadrant of the symbol is determined by the bits in information sequence according to QPSK constellation, while the offset relative to the original QPSK constellation is controlled by the bits in synchronization sequence. Under this scheme, the simultaneous transmission of information and synchronization sequences is implemented to improve spectrum efficiency with low computational complexity. In order to achieve the best balance beteween the bit error rate (BER) and the synchronization performance, we optimize the parameter design. Furthermore, a joint synchronization scheme is proposed for frame synchronization, frequency offset estimation, and frequency offset compensation to solve the performance loss caused by Doppler frequency shift in practical applications. Then based on the characteristics of the constellation map, a dynamic threshold demodulation scheme which further improves the BER performance is discussed. Finally, some simulation results are given to show that the SQPSK not only has both good error performance and acquisition performance, but also improves the spectrum utilization of channel resource significantly.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9096299
Pages (from-to)95442-95456
Number of pages15
JournalIEEE Access
Volume8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

Keywords

  • Bit error rate (BER)
  • Doppler shift
  • Frame synchronization
  • Quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK)

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