Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-126).

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / This thesis derives design tools for determining and improving performances of communication links that use M - QAM coherent demodulators associated with Viterbi soft-decision decoding (SDD) in Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) and Nakagami-m channels. Performance analyses for 16-QAM, 64-QAM, QPSK and BPSK associated with up to three convolutional codes, including the one used by the IEEE 802.11a standard and the dual-k code, are presented as practical applications. The main tools relate to the analytical derivation of upper bounds of the probability of bit error (Pb) for any M -ary coherent demodulator followed by SDD, a methodology for improving an upper bound of Pb tightening it to realistic data, and the obtaining of the specific ( ) d b spectrum for any convolutional code intended to operate with a certain M-symbol modulation. All derivations involve statistical considerations over the AWGN and Nakagami-m channels, as well as in-depth analyses of modulator constellations. The tools and models developed can provide great optimization to bandwidth-limited system designs that require high data rates, especially the wireless ones. Consequently, they have great application to many fields of digital communications, such as cellular telephony, wireless networking, satellite links, ship-to-shore and ship -to-ship communications. / http://hdl.handle.net/10945/1090 / Lieutenant Commander, Brazilian Navy

Ma Wing Kin. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-155). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

by Siu-Lung Hui, Freeman. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-[67]). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Use of Antenna Arrays in Mobile Communications --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Beamforming --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- DS/CDMA System s and Multiple Access Interferences --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Multiuser Detection Schemes --- p.7 / Chapter 1.4 --- Outline of Thesis --- p.11 / Chapter 2 --- A Blind Adaptive Receiver with Antenna Arrays and M-ary Orthogonal Data Signals --- p.13 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2 --- System Model --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3 --- Eigen-Analysis Algorithm --- p.21 / Chapter 2.4 --- Simulation Results --- p.92 / Chapter 2.5 --- Adaptive Algorithm --- p.27 / Chapter 2.6 --- Summary --- p.30 / Chapter 3 --- Detection with the Use of the Two-Stage Spreading Scheme --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2 --- System Model --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3 --- Blind Beamforming --- p.36 / Chapter 3.4 --- Blind Adaptive Multiuser Detection without Antenna Arrays --- p.38 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Stochastic Gradient Descent Algorithm --- p.40 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Alternative Matrix Approach --- p.41 / Chapter 3.5 --- Theoretical Combined Receiver Model --- p.41 / Chapter 3.6 --- Practical Implementation of the Receiver --- p.50 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Combined Scheme with Adaptive Algorithms --- p.50 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Simplified Structure --- p.52 / Chapter 3.7 --- Summary --- p.54 / Chapter 4 --- Conclusions and Future Work --- p.55 / Chapter A --- Correlation Properties --- p.58 / Chapter B --- Adaptive Algorithm --- p.62 / Bibliography --- p.64

Thesis (Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. / This dissertation presents the development of a quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) demodulator for nanosatellites that complies with both the limited resources associated with nanosatellites as well as the flexibility and configurability required for a software defined radio (SDR) platform. This research project is a component of a bigger project, which is to develop a high-speed receiver for nanosatellites, and aims to provide a practical solution to the need for communication technologies that support emerging nanosatellite applications, such as Earth observation and communications. The development of the QPSK demodulator follows an all-digital implementation approach. The main reason for selecting this approach is to have a system that is flexible and reconfigurable to comply with the SDR requirements. Another reason for selecting this approach is to comply with the low noise system, low power consumption as well as the small size and weight requirements associated with nanosatellites. The QPSK demodulator is implemented on an IGLOO2 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), due to its robustness to radiation and high-speed capability. Initially, the techniques used to design each subsystem of the QPSK demodulator are selected. Then, algorithms to digitally implement the designed subsystems are produced. Thereafter, the code for the digital QPSK demodulator is written and verified in Matlab first. The simulation of the Matlab-based QPSK demodulator performs satisfactorily. Subsequently, the code to implement the QPSK demodulator on an FPGA (IGLOO2) has been written in Libero, using VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL). The resulting FPGA-based QPSK demodulator has been emulated in Libero (an integration and development environment (IDE) for Microsemi FPGAs) using a test-bench as well as other analysis tools. The test-bench results are visualized using Modelsim. The results show that the demodulator can support data rates up to 13.25 Mbps if 16 samples-per-symbols are used, and up to 26.5 Mbps if 8 samples-per-symbols are used. It also has a very good bit-error-rate performance, which is simulated to be within a factor of 5 of the theoretical limit of QPSK modulation. Finally, the demodulator consumes less than 15 mW at the maximum operating speed. and has been coded to mitigate the effects of space radiation and noise contriution by the demodulator itself.

Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Tri T. Ha, Jan E. Tighe. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105). Also available online.

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