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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Timo J. Pfau, Westfield, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Timo J. Pfau, Westfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/04 (2011.01); H04B 10/12 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various embodiments of a 16-QAM (quadrature-amplitude-modulation) constellation having one or more subsets of its sixteen constellation points arranged within respective one or more relatively narrow circular bands. Each of the subsets includes constellation points of at least two different amplitudes and may have between about six and about ten constellation points. Each of the circular bands may have a width that is between about 3% and about 20% of the maximum amplitude in the constellation.