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Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

2010

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Differentially Encoded Quadrature Phase Shift Key Communication And Real-Time Implementation, Robert Walton Conant Aug 2010

Differentially Encoded Quadrature Phase Shift Key Communication And Real-Time Implementation, Robert Walton Conant

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Robust communication methods are integral to advances in modern technology. Software defined radios (SDRs) have been the chief instruments of communication for the last three decades. Upcoming generations of wireless networks and phone systems depend on successful implementations of increasingly sophisticated software defined modulation methods. The challenges presented by encoding, modulation, signal conditioning, timing, and decision algorithms are non-trivial. Adapting to the impacts of wired and wireless channels adds further complexity.

While not comprehensive on the subject of communications, this text serves to introduce the practical concepts of binary communications, modulation methods, the digital signal processor (DSP), and software defined …