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A communication unit for soft-decision demodulation and method therefor

A communication unit for soft-decision demodulation and method therefor
A communication unit for soft-decision demodulation and method therefor
A communication unit for performing soft-decision demodulation comprises a arranged to receive a transmitted signal having a first set of bits comprising k bits that has been selected from a set of 2k possible signals according to values of the k bits, and includes a second set of bits comprising Qm bits based on a phase rotation of the transmitted signal selected from a set of 2Qm possible rotations. A demodulator (118) comprising a bank of 2k correlators is configured to detect a transmission of each possible transmitted signal, and output 2k phases of the correlator outputs as a third set of inputs. A de-mapper circuit (113) is coupled to the demodulator (118) and configured to receive the third set of inputs, determine statistics derived from a number of aggregated correlator output phase distributions of the third set of inputs and calculate therefrom and output a second set of a posteriori soft bits comprising Qm soft bits.
GB2598020A
Maunder, Rob
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Tavakkoli, Aryan
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Maunder, Rob and Tavakkoli, Aryan (Inventors) (2022) A communication unit for soft-decision demodulation and method therefor. GB2598020A.

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Abstract

A communication unit for performing soft-decision demodulation comprises a arranged to receive a transmitted signal having a first set of bits comprising k bits that has been selected from a set of 2k possible signals according to values of the k bits, and includes a second set of bits comprising Qm bits based on a phase rotation of the transmitted signal selected from a set of 2Qm possible rotations. A demodulator (118) comprising a bank of 2k correlators is configured to detect a transmission of each possible transmitted signal, and output 2k phases of the correlator outputs as a third set of inputs. A de-mapper circuit (113) is coupled to the demodulator (118) and configured to receive the third set of inputs, determine statistics derived from a number of aggregated correlator output phase distributions of the third set of inputs and calculate therefrom and output a second set of a posteriori soft bits comprising Qm soft bits.

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Published date: 3 August 2022

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Local EPrints ID: 473709
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/473709
PURE UUID: d1641802-9cad-4e63-8228-3ba797541782
ORCID for Rob Maunder: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7944-2615

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Date deposited: 27 Jan 2023 18:09
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:14

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Inventor: Rob Maunder ORCID iD
Inventor: Aryan Tavakkoli

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