Fft-based multitone dpsk modem

Abstract

A system and a method for transmitting coded information bits using multitone techniques on a frame-by-frame basis. For transmission, coded information bits are mapped into differential phase signals and absolute phase signals are generated based on differential phase signals. N complex symbols are then generated and inverse discrete Fourier transformed into N complex, time-domain samples, which are augmented with a cyclic prefix and suffix. The augmented N complex, time-domain samples are then separated into two real samples and converted into first and second baseband signals. The first and second baseband signals are impressed into quadrature carrier components to form in-phase and quadrature signal components which are combined into an RF signal prior to transmission. For reception, a received RF signal is non-coherently quadrature demodulated into first and second quadrature baseband signals. First and second quadrature sample sequences are generated by sampling the quadrature baseband signals in parallel. The added cyclic prefix and suffix are discarded, and N complex numbers are generated from the first and second quadrature (real) sample sequences. N channel-weighted tones are generated by performing a discrete Fourier transform on the N complex numbers. N phase difference signals are generated which are demapped into coded information bits according to a predetermined phase constellation.