The Effect of Pulse Shaping QPSK on Bandwidth Efficiency (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781288911004)

This research investigates the effect of pulse shaping QPSK on bandwidth efficiency over a non-linear channel. This investigation will include software simulations and the hardware implementation. Three kinds of filters: the 5th order Butterworth filter, the 3rd order Bessel filter and the Square Root Raised Cosine filter with a roll off factor (alpha) of 0.25,0.5 and 1, have been investigated as pulse shaping filters. Two different high power amplifiers, one a Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) and the other a Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) have been investigated in the hardware implementation. A significant improvement in the bandwidth utilization (rho) for the filtered data compared to unfiltered data through the non-linear channel is shown in the results. This method promises strong performance gains in a bandlimited channel when compared to unfiltered systems. This work was conducted at NMSU in the Center for Space Telemetering, and Telecommunications Systems in the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and is supported by a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) NAG5-1491.

Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administr,Josua Bisuk Mubyarto Purba,Sheila Horan
ISBN-10: 1288911009
ISBN-13: 9781288911004
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Language: English
Published: 03/12/2013
Pages: 84
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.17d