Error probability variation due to the nonlinearity of the TDMA/PSK multicarrier system caused by on-off bursting
Abstract
Representing a satellite transponder as a nonlinear, memoryless, band-limited device, the error probability variation due to on-off transitions of the TDMA signal envelopes in TDMA/PSK multicarrier operation is analyzed. The effects of AM/AM and AM/PM conversion are also taken into account. The results of this study are applied to 4 phi PSK and 8 phi PSK systems, for which the parameters describing the transponder nonlinearity have been taken from the real characteristics obtained by measurements. The numerical calculations show that on-off transitions of the TDMA signal envelopes could cause significant variation of the error probability.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report A
- Pub Date:
- November 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984STIA...8516144S
- Keywords:
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- Bit Error Rate;
- Communication Satellites;
- Intermodulation;
- Nonlinear Systems;
- Phase Shift Keying;
- Time Division Multiple Access;
- Transponders;
- Carrier Waves;
- Digital Systems;
- Error Analysis;
- Off-On Control;
- Probability Theory;
- Communications and Radar