BER analysis for a FFH spread spectrum system employing DPSK modulation over a Rayleigh fading channel

Author

Panchal, R. ; Boukli-Hacene, M. ; Sankaranarayanan, Sriram ; Kouar, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Polytech. Univ., Brooklyn, NY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

2-5 Nov 1997

Firstpage

535

Abstract

This paper presents a comparative study of the use of two modulation techniques for a fast frequency hopping (FFH) spread spectrum system for wireless communication over a non-selective Rayleigh fading channel. The modulation techniques considered are binary frequency shift keying (BFSK) and differential phase shift keying (DPSK). The comparison standard chosen is that of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for achieving a given bit error rate (BER). It is found that DPSK is capable of giving a gain of about 3 dB over BFSK indicating the potential for employing DPSK for such a spread spectrum. A square law combiner for the case of DPSK has also been suggested

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; coding errors; differential phase shift keying; diversity reception; error statistics; fading; frequency hop communication; frequency shift keying; noise; spread spectrum communication; BER; BER analysis; BFSK; DPSK modulation; FFH spread spectrum system; SNR; binary frequency shift keying; bit error rate; differential phase shift keying; diversity branches; fast frequency hopping; nonselective Rayleigh fading channel; signal-to-noise ratio; square law combiner; wireless communication; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Differential phase shift keying; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Diversity reception; Fading; Frequency diversity; Rayleigh channels; Signal to noise ratio; Spread spectrum communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MILCOM 97 Proceedings

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4249-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1997.646558

Filename

646558