• DocumentCode
    279836
  • Title

    Improvements to the PICCOLO modulation format

  • Author

    Speight, T.J. ; Darnell, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Hull Univ., UK
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    32951
  • Firstpage
    42644
  • Lastpage
    42649
  • Abstract
    The PICCOLO modulation scheme was developed in early 1960s and was intended to offer relatively low data rate but robust communications in the HF band. The modulation system was a 32-ary MFSK employing time, frequency orthogonality. The channel capacity of a typical HF channel can vary from a few hundred bits per second to a few tens of bits per second. The software modem described allows the bit rate and tone positions to be varied thus higher bit rates can be accommodated successfully as well as those appropriate to poor channel conditions. The modem was realised through a Texas Instruments TMS320C25 DSP board
  • Keywords
    digital signal processing chips; frequency shift keying; modems; radio equipment; 32-ary MFSK; HF band; HF channel; PICCOLO modulation; TMS320C25 DSP board; Texas Instruments; bit rates; channel capacity; frequency orthogonality; radio equipment; software modem; time orthogonality; tone positions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Multi-Level Modulation Techniques and Point-to-Point and Mobile Radio, IEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    189888