Title :
Demodulation of RF signal aggregating four non-contiguous frequency carriers
Author :
Kaissoine, Abdou ; Huyart, Bernard
Author_Institution :
Inst. Mines-Telecom, Telecom Paristech, Paris, France
Abstract :
This paper demonstrates that it is possible to demodulate a RF signal composed of four aggregated frequency bands by a single demodulator, named "Three Phase Demodulator (TPD)". Measurements results will be analyzed in the case of 4 carriers modulated by two different modulation formats (QPSK and 16-QAM). The bandwidth of each modulated signal is 5 MHz and offers an overall bit rate of 128 Mbps.
Keywords :
demodulators; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; 16-QAM; QPSK; RF signal; bandwidth 5 MHz; demodulation; noncontiguous frequency carriers; three phase demodulator; Bandwidth; Baseband; Demodulation; Frequency conversion; RF signals; Radio frequency; Receivers; LTE-Advanced; Low-IF; RF receiver; Three phase demodulator; down converter; spectrum aggregation;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), 2014 21st IEEE International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2014.7049909