Title : 
Better phase-modulation error performance using trellis phase codes
         
        
            Author : 
Anderson, J.B. ; De Buda, R.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
McMaster University, Department of Electrical Engineering & Communications Research Laboratory, Hamilton, Canada
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We construct phase codes for use in phase- and frequency-shift modulation. A trellis structure allows simple decoding using the Viterbi algorithm. Even short codes give a large improvement in error performance.
         
        
            Keywords : 
codes; frequency shift keying; phase shift keying; CPFSK; PSK; Viterbi algorithm; error performance; phase modulation; trellis phase codes;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:19760447