UNIFICATION OF SIGNAL MODELS FOR SOQPSK

Abstract

This paper begins by summarizing a recent advancement in the way that shaped offset quadrature phase shift keying (SOQPSK) waveforms can be viewed. This new viewpoint succeeds in eliminating the need for SOQPSK to be thought of as a “special” kind of correlated, ternary continuous phase modulation (CPM). Instead, SOQPSK can be viewed as an ordinary, binary CPM. We provide all of the details necessary to achieve a complete unification of SOQPSK models at the waveform level, at the bit sequence level, and in terms of waveform initialization. With this information, SOQPSK users can easily mix and match SOQPSK models at the transmitter and receiver in order to make use of the advantages of each model.