M-PSK Modulator Baseband

Modulate using M-ary phase shift keying

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  • Communications Toolbox / Modulation / Digital Baseband Modulation / PM

    Communications Toolbox HDL Support / Modulation / PM

  • M-PSK Modulator Baseband block

Description

The M-PSK Modulator Baseband block modulates an input signal using M-ary phase shift keying (PSK) and returns a complex baseband output. The modulation order, M, which is equivalent to the number of points in the signal constellation, is determined by the M-ary number parameter. The block accepts scalar or column vector input signals.

Ports

Input

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Specify the input signal as an integer scalar, integer vector, or binary vector.

  • When Input type is Integer, specify the input signal elements as integers from 0 to M – 1.

  • When Input type is Bit, specify the input signal as a binary vector in which the number of elements is an integer multiple of the bits per symbol. The bits per symbol is equal to log2(M).

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | Boolean

Output

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Output signal, returned as a complex scalar or vector. The output is the complex baseband representation of the PSK-modulated signal.

Data Types: single | double | fixed point

Parameters

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Specify the modulation order as a positive integer power of two.

Example: 2 | 16

Specify the elements of the input signal as integers or bits. If Input type is Bit, the number of samples per frame must be an integer multiple of the number of bits per symbol. The number of bits per symbol is log2(M).

Specify how the integer or group of log2(M) bits is mapped to the corresponding symbol.

  • When Constellation ordering is set to Gray, the input signal is mapped to the output symbols using a Gray-encoded signal constellation.

  • When Constellation ordering is set to Binary, the modulated symbol is exp(jϕ+j2πm/M), where ϕ is the phase offset in radians, m is the integer input such that 0 ≤ m ≤ M – 1, and M is the modulation order.

  • When Constellation ordering is User-defined, specify a vector of size M, which has unique integer values in the range [0, M–1]. The first element of this vector corresponds to the constellation point having an value of ejϕ with subsequent elements running counterclockwise.

Example: [0 3 2 1]

Specify the order in which input integers are mapped to output integers. The parameter is available when Constellation ordering is User-defined, and must be a row or column vector of size M having unique integer values in the range [0, M – 1].

The first element of this vector corresponds to the constellation point at 0 + Phase offset angle, with subsequent elements running counterclockwise. The last element corresponds to the -2π/M + Phase offset constellation point.

Specify, in radians, the phase offset of the initial constellation as a real scalar.

Example: pi/4

Specify the data type of the modulated output signal. Set this parameter to one of the fixed point options or <data type expression> to enable parameters in which you specify additional details. Set this parameter to Inherit via back propagation, to match the output data type and scaling to the following block in the model.

Model Examples

Modulate and Demodulate 8-PSK Signal

Modulate and Demodulate 8-PSK Signal

Open the 8-PSK model. The model generates an 8-PSK signal, applies white noise, displays the resulting constellation diagram, and computes the error statistics.

Block Characteristics

Data Types

Boolean | double | fixed point[a][b] | integer | single

Multidimensional Signals

no

Variable-Size Signals

yes

[a] ufix(1) at the input if ''input type'' is set to ''bit''. ufix(ceil(log2(M))) at input if ''input type'' is set to ''integer'' for M-ary modulation.

[b] Fixed-point outputs must be signed.

Tips

The M-PSK Modulator Baseband block provides the capability to visualize a signal constellation from the block mask. Clicking the View Constellation button allows you to visualize a signal constellation for the specified block parameters.

Algorithms

The block outputs a baseband signal by mapping input bits or integers to complex symbols according to the following:

sn(t)=exp(jπ(2n+1M)); n∈{0,1,…,M−1}.

This applies when a natural binary ordering is used. Another common mapping is Gray coding, which has the advantage that only one bit changes between adjacent constellation points. This results in better bit error rate performance. For 8-PSK modulation with Gray coding, the mapping between the input and output symbols is shown.

InputOutput
0 0 (000)
1 1 (001)
2 3 (011)
3 2 (010)
4 6 (110)
5 7 (111)
6 5 (101)
7 4 (100)

The corresponding constellation diagram follows.

When the input signal is composed of bits, the block accepts binary-valued inputs that represent integers. The block collects binary-valued signals into groups of log2(M) bits.

Extended Capabilities

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