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PERFORMANCE OF FQPSK TRANSCEIVERS IN A COMPLEX REAL-LIFE INTERFERENCE ENVIRONMENTHaghdad, Mehdi, Feher, Kamilo 10 1900 (has links)
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 23-26, 2000 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California / The Bit Error Rate (BER) performance of FQPSK modulated signals in the presence of the Co-Channel
Interference (CCI) and Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) is evaluated and improved. A Non-
Linearly Amplified (NLA) FQPSK modulated signal with the data rate of 1Mb/s and carrier frequency
of 70 MHz is interfered with a sinusoidal signal at different frequencies. As the relative distance of the
center frequency of the Co-channel interference (CCI) changes, different BER are obtained. The effect
of the CCI decreases as the CCI center frequency moves away from the center of the modulated signal.
In order to improve the BER in the presence of the CCI, a hard limited filter is added at the receiver
input. The hard limited filter has a different amplification factor for different signal strength. As a result,
the amplification factor for the CCI, which is normally a weaker signal, is smaller than the actual signal.
This means that the signal is amplified more than the interference and as a result the CCI is suppressed
and the BER rate improves. The results of both simulations and measurements are obtained for different
CCI center frequencies, before and after the improvements.
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MODULATOR IMBALANCE EFFECTS ON THE FQPSK AIRBORNE TELEMETRY LINKTemple, Kip 10 1900 (has links)
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 23-26, 2000 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California / When designing transmitters for quadrature modulation schemes, the designer always tries to achieve good balance and symmetry of the in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) branches of the modulator in terms of amplitude, phase, and offsets. Perfect balance between modulators is ideal but rarely if ever achieved. The Advance Range Telemetry (ARTM) program has placed indirect specifications on the remnant carrier and sideband levels which are controlled by modulator imbalance. These specifications will govern the ARTM programs first generation of Feher’s patented quadrature phase shift keying, version B (FQPSK-B) [9] airborne telemetry transmitters. The ARTM Program has also adopted test procedures for quantifying these modulation imbalances. This paper looks at the effects of modulator imbalances on spectral occupancy and bit error probability of the airborne telemetry link. It also outlines how these imbalances influence the levels in one of the ARTM specifications. Recommendations are presented based on the measured data for higher bit rate telemetry systems.
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USE OF ID-1 HIGH DENSITY DIGITAL RECORDING SYSTEMS FOR TEST RANGE SUPPORTSchoeck, Kenneth O. 10 1900 (has links)
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 25-28, 1999 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / The Space and Missile Systems Center at Vandenberg AFB has integrated ID-1 high bit rate helical scan digital recorders into the ground based and mobile telemetry receiving and processing facilities. The systems are used for recording higher bit rates than those available with the current IRIG standard longitudinal wideband and double density instrumentation magnetic tape recorder/reproducers. In addition to the 400 Mbps digital recorders, the systems consist of high-speed multiplexer/ demultiplexers and multi-channel bit synchronizers for recording numerous telemetry data links and sources on a single recorder. This paper describes the system configurations and compares recording capabilities with those of the previous generation instrumentation magnetic tape recorder/reproducers.
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DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AN AIRBORNE FQPSK TRANSMITTERHorcher, Gregg 10 1900 (has links)
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 25-28, 1999 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / This paper describes the design considerations used by Aydin Telemetry in the
development of its high data rate Feher Patented Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
(FQPSK) [1] frequency agile transmitter. We will address several key areas of interest to
the Telemetry community, such as the use of commercially available VLSI parts to
minimize parts count while maximizing reliability, adaptive filtering to accommodate a
wide range of data rates, and user selectable features to achieve a universal transmitter
design. User selectable features include differential encoder, 15 stage IRIG randomizer,
and 1/2 rate convolutional FEC coding. This paper also addresses the spectral efficiency
that can be achieved using a Class-C amplifier with FQPSK and the measured bit error
rate (BER) performance versus Eb/No.
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RADIO FREQUENCY OVERVIEW OF THE HIGH EXPLOSIVE RADIO TELEMETRY PROJECTBracht, Roger, Dimsdle, Jeff, Rich, Dave, Smith, Frank 10 1900 (has links)
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 26-29, 1998 / Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California / High explosive radio telemetry (HERT) is a project that is being developed jointly by Los
Alamos National Laboratory and AlliedSignal FM&T. The ultimate goal is to develop a
small, modular telemetry system capable of high-speed detection of explosive events,
with an accuracy on the order of 10 nanoseconds. The reliable telemetry of this data,
from a high-speed missile trajectory, is a very challenging opportunity. All captured data
must be transmitted in less than 20 microseconds of time duration. This requires a high
bits/Hertz microwave telemetry modulation code to insure transmission of the data within
the limited time interval available.
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IFM EFFECTS ON PCM/FM TELEMETRY SYSTEMSLaw, Gene, Whiteman, Don 10 1900 (has links)
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 26-29, 1998 / Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California / Incidental Frequency Modulation (IFM) products in telemetry transmitters can be a
significant cause of bit errors in received Pulse Code Modulation/Frequency Modulation
(PCM/FM) telemetry data. Range Commanders Council (RCC) and other documents give
little or no guidance as to acceptable levels of IFM for telemetry applications. The
expected higher vibration levels of future high velocity missile systems means that IFM
levels are likely to be higher than previously encountered.
This paper presents measured data on Bit Error Rate (BER) versus IFM levels at given
Signal to Noise Ratios (SNR’s) for PCM/FM telemetry systems. The information
presented can be utilized with BER versus SNR plots in the Telemetry Applications
Handbook, RCC Document 119, to determine the additional link margin required to
minimize IFM effects on telemetry data quality.
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EASTERN RANGE TITAN IV/CENTAUR-TDRSS OPERATIONAL COMPATIBILITY TESTINGBocchino, Chris, Hamilton, William 10 1900 (has links)
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 28-31, 1996 / Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California / The future of range operations in the area of expendable launch vehicle (ELV) support is
unquestionably headed in the direction of space-based rather than land- or air-based assets
for such functions as metric tracking or telemetry data collection. To this end, an effort
was recently completed by the Air Force’s Eastern Range (ER) to certify NASA’s
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) as a viable and operational asset to be
used for telemetry coverage during future Titan IV/Centaur launches. The test plan
developed to demonstrate this capability consisted of three parts: 1) a bit error rate test; 2)
a bit-by-bit compare of data recorded via conventional means vice the TDRSS network
while the vehicle was radiating in a fixed position from the pad; and 3) an in-flight
demonstration to ensure positive radio frequency (RF) link and usable data during critical
periods of telemetry collection. The subsequent approval by the Air Force of this approach
allows future launch vehicle contractors a relatively inexpensive and reliable means of
telemetry data collection even when launch trajectories are out of sight of land-based
assets or when land- or aircraft-based assets are not available for support.
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Test and Evaluation of Ultra High Spectral Efficient Feher Keying (FK)Lin, Jin-Song, Feher, Kamilo 10 1900 (has links)
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 22-25, 2001 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / Performances of a subclass of a new spectral efficient modulation scheme, designated as
Feher Keying [1], or FK, is evaluated. The Power Spectral Density (PSD) and Bit Error Rate
(BER) characteristics of FK are presented. FK has ultra high spectral efficiency and satisfies
the frequency mask for WLAN defined in FCC part 15, and it has a simple structure for high
bit rate implementation.
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Implementation and Design of a Bit-Error Generator and Logger for Multi-Gigabit Serial LinksBotella, Pedro January 2006 (has links)
<p>Test Tools are very important in the design of a system. They generally simulate a working environment, only at a higher</p><p>speed, or with less frequently occurring test cases. In the verification of protocols based on the Fibre Channel physical layer,</p><p>this becomes a necessity, as errors can be non-existent or very unusual in normal operating environments. Most systems need</p><p>to be able to handle these unexpected events nonetheless. Therefore, there is a need for a method of introducing these errors</p><p>in a controlled way.</p><p>A bit error generation and logging tool for two proprietary protocols based on the Fibre Channel physical layer has been</p><p>developed. The hardware platform consists mainly of a Virtex II Pro FPGA with accompanying I/O support. Control of the</p><p>hardware is handled by a graphical user interface residing on a PC. Communication between the hardware and the PC is</p><p>handled with a UART. The final implementation can handle four parallel one way links, or two full duplex links,</p><p>independently. This report describes the implementation and the necessary theoretical background for this.</p>
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Enhancing macrocell downlink performance through femtocell user cooperationZaid, Adem Mabruk 28 November 2011 (has links)
This thesis studies cooperative techniques that rely on femtocell user diversity to improve the downlink communication quality of macrocell users. We analytically analyze and evaluate the achievable performance of these techniques in the downlink of Rayleigh fading channels. We provide an approximation of both the bit-error rate (BER) and the data throughput that macrocell users receive with femtocell user cooperation. Using simulations, we show that under reasonable SNR values, cooperative schemes enhance the performances of macrocells by improving the BER, outage probability, and data throughput of macrocell users significantly when
compared with the traditional, non-cooperative schemes. / Graduation date: 2012
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