Coded modulation with APSK constellations for power line communication

This paper proposes a novel coded-modulation scheme using amplitude phase shift keying (APSK) constellations with Gray mapping for the broadband power line communication systems for the first time. In this scheme, three key techniques including the Gray-APSK constellation design, the bit mapping technique, and the method of simplified soft APSK demapper are jointly employed to enhance the error-control performance while ensuring low complexity. Simulation results over AWGN and power line channels show that the proposed scheme provides a remarkable receiving performance gain, compared to its counterpart specified in the G.hn standard.