• DocumentCode
    776054
  • Title

    256-QAM Modem Performance in Distorted Channels

  • Author

    Wu, Kuang-Tsan ; Feher, Kamilo

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Ottawa, Canada
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    5/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    487
  • Lastpage
    491
  • Abstract
    Performance degradations of 256-QAM modems in distorted channels are studied in this correspondence. Illustrative linear, parabolic, and sinusoidal amplitude and group delay channel distortions, caused by filter imperfections and/or by selective radio fades, are investigated. To enable an easy comparison with 64-QAM systems, we present the degradations of these systems in the same figures as those of 256-QAM modems. It is shown that linear (slope) group delay and sinusoidal (ripple) amplitude distortions cause the most significant performance degradations.
  • Keywords
    Quadrature amplitude modulation; Radio communication; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Computer simulation; Degradation; Delay lines; Digital communication; Fading; Filters; Hardware; Modems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOM.1985.1096325
  • Filename
    1096325