comm.DPSKModulator

Modulate using M-ary DPSK method

Description

The DPSKModulator object modulates using the M-ary differential phase shift keying method. The output is a baseband representation of the modulated signal.

To modulate a signal using differential phase shift keying:

Define and set up your DPSK modulator object. See Construction.
Call step to modulate a signal according to the properties of comm.DPSKModulator. The behavior of step is specific to each object in the toolbox.

Note

Starting in R2016b, instead of using the step method to perform the operation defined by the System object™, you can call the object with arguments, as if it were a function. For example, y = step(obj,x) and y = obj(x) perform equivalent operations.

Construction

H = comm.DPSKModulator creates a modulator System object, H. This object modulates the input signal using the M-ary differential phase shift keying (M-DPSK) method.

H = comm.DPSKModulator(Name,Value) creates an M-DPSK modulator object, H, with each specified property set to the specified value. You can specify additional name-value pair arguments in any order as (Name1,Value1,...,NameN,ValueN).

H = comm.DPSKModulator(M,PHASE,Name,Value) creates an M-DPSK modulator object, H. This object has the ModulationOrder property set to M, the PhaseRotation property set to PHASE, and the other specified properties set to the specified values.

Properties

`ModulationOrder`	Number of points in signal constellation Specify the number of points in the signal constellation as a positive, integer scalar value. The default is `8`.
`PhaseRotation`	Additional phase shift Specify the additional phase difference between previous and current modulated symbols in radians as a real scalar value. The default is `pi/8`. This value corresponds to the phase difference between previous and current modulated symbols when the input is zero.
`BitInput`	Assume bit inputs Specify whether the input is bits or integers. The default is `false`. When you set this property to `true`, the `step` method input must be a column vector of bit values whose length is an integer multiple of log2(`ModulationOrder`). This vector contains bit representations of integers between `0` and `ModulationOrder`–`1`. When you set this property to `false`, the `step` method input requires a column vector of integer symbol values between `0` and `ModulationOrder`–`1`.
`SymbolMapping`	Constellation encoding Specify how the object maps an integer or group of log2(`ModulationOrder`) input bits to the corresponding symbol as one of `Binary` \| `Gray`. The default is `Gray`. When you set this property to `Gray`, the object uses a Gray-encoded signal constellation. When you set this property to `Binary`, the input integer m, between ( $0 \leq m \leq$ `ModulationOrder`–1) shifts the output phase. This shift is (`PhaseRotation` + $2 \times π \times$ m/`ModulationOrder`) radians from the previous output phase. The output symbol uses exp(j $\times$ `PhaseRotation` + j $\times$ $2 \times π \times$ m/ModulationOrder) $\times$ (previously modulated symbol).
`OutputDataType`	Data type of output Specify output data type as one of `double` \| `single`. The default is `double`.

Methods

step	Modulate using M-ary DPSK method

Common to All System Objects
`release`	Allow System object property value changes
`reset`	Reset internal states of System object

Examples

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8-DPSK Signal in AWGN

Open Live Script

Create a DPSK modulator and demodulator pair. Create an AWGN channel object having three bits per symbol.

dpskmod = comm.DPSKModulator(8,pi/8,'BitInput',true);
dpskdemod = comm.DPSKDemodulator(8,pi/8,'BitOutput',true);
channel = comm.AWGNChannel('EbNo',10,'BitsPerSymbol',3);

Create an error rate calculator. Set the ComputationDelay property to 1 to account for the one bit transient caused by the differential modulation

errorRate = comm.ErrorRate('ComputationDelay',1);

Main processing loop steps:

Generate 50 3-bit frames
8-DPSK modulate
Pass through AWGN channel
8-DPSK demodulate
Collect error statistics

for counter = 1:100
    txData = randi([0 1],150,1);
    modSig = dpskmod(txData);
    rxSig = channel(modSig);
    rxData = dpskdemod(rxSig);
    errorStats = errorRate(txData,rxData);
end

Display the error statistics.

ber = errorStats(1)

ber = 0.0098

numErrors = errorStats(2)

numErrors = 147

numBits = errorStats(3)

numBits = 14999

Algorithms

This object implements the algorithm, inputs, and outputs described on the M-DPSK Modulator Baseband block reference page. The object properties correspond to the block parameters.