STUDY OF GMSK

AIM To study about Gaussian Minimum-Shift Keying THEORY Minimum-Shift Keying We have seen that pulse shaping can be used to conserve bandwidth in bandpass signalling, just as for baseband signalling. However, pulse shaping introduces envelope variations which are undesirable in mobile wireless communications. Minimum-Shift Keying (MSK) is a signalling format that conserves bandwidth while preserving a constant envelope. It is a continuous-phase FSK with minimum modulation index that will produce orthogonal signalling. In digital modulation, minimum-shift keying (MSK) is a type of continuous-phase frequency-shift keying that was developed in the late 1960s. MSK is encoded with bits alternating between quarternary components, with the Q component delayed by half the symbol period. However, instead of square pulses as OQPSK uses, MSK encodes each bit as a half sinusoid. This results in a constant-modulus signal, which reduces problems caused by non-linear distortion. In addition to being viewed as related to OQPSK, MSK can also be viewed as a continuous phase frequency shift keyed (CPFSK) signal with a frequency separation of one-half the bit rate.

Gaussian minimum-shift keying In digital communication, Gaussian minimum shift keying or GMSK is a continuous-phase frequency-shift keying modulation scheme. It is similar to standard minimum-shift keying (MSK); however the digital data stream is first shaped with a Gaussian filter before being applied to a frequency modulator. This has the advantage of reducing sideband power, which in turn reduces out-of-band interference between signal carriers in adjacent frequency channels. However, the Gaussian filter increases the modulation memory in the system and causes intersymbol interference, making it more difficult to discriminate between different transmitted data values and requiring more complex channel equalization algorithms such as an adaptive equalizer at the receiver. GMSK has high spectral efficiency, but it needs a higher power level than QPSK, for instance, in order to transmit reliably the same amount of data.