Phase and Phase-Difference Modulation in Digital Communications (Artech House Signal Processing Library)

This guide for systems engineers and researchers shows how to choose the best modulation technique for any digital communication system. It explains how and when to apply the latest phase modulation (PM) and phase-difference modulation (PDM) techniques and enables engineers to cut design time and fine-tune system performance by using the best method, and by utilizing practical algorithms for coherent, incoherent, and autocorrelated processing of the signals. Complete with plots, schemes, equations, and block diagrams, the book details basic formulae for calculating error probability, compares bit error rates for all modems, outlines results in a clear, tabular form for estimating performance, and shows how to achieve the maximum bit rate at restricted frequency and energy resources.