p/4 DQPSK (Digital Demod)
p/4" adds an p/4 offset to the phase changes compared with the phase changes in plain DQPSK Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying: QPSK modulation using differential encoding of the digital information stream.. This means there are a total of 8 ideal state positions (compared to the 4 for DQPSK). The ideal state positions for symbols alternate between the four 45-degree states normally used by QPSK Quadrature phase shift keying and four on-axis states. Due to this alternation, the ideal trajectory between symbols never crosses through zero.
(Differential Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying) is a differential format where the bits for a given symbol are determined by the phase change from the previous symbol. "The following table shows the mapping of phase change to bit pattern:
Phase Change |
Bit Pattern |
---|---|
p/4 |
00 |
3p/4 |
01 |
-p/4 |
10 |
-3p/4 |
11 |
See Also
Setting up a Digital Demod Measurement
Available Digital Demodulation Formats