Minimum-shift keying

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However, instead of square pulses as OQPSK uses, MSK encodes each bit as a half

In MSK the difference between the higher and lower frequency is identical to half the bit rate. Consequently, the waveforms used to represent a 0 and a 1 bit differ by exactly half a carrier period. Thus, the maximum frequency deviation is δ = 0.5 f_m where f_m is the maximum modulating frequency. As a result, the modulation index m is 0.5. This is the smallest FSK

standard.

Mathematical representation

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The resulting signal is represented by the formula:^{[3][failed verification]}

${\displaystyle s(t)=a_{I}(t)\cos {\left({\frac {{\pi }t}{2T}}\right)}\cos {(2{\pi }f_{c}t)}-a_{Q}(t)\sin {\left({\frac {{\pi }t}{2T}}\right)}\sin {\left(2{\pi }f_{c}t\right)}}$

where ${\displaystyle a_{I}(t)}$ and ${\displaystyle a_{Q}(t)}$ encode the even and odd information respectively with a sequence of square pulses of duration 2T. ${\displaystyle a_{I}(t)}$ has its pulse edges on ${\displaystyle t=[-T,T,3T,\ldots ]}$ and ${\displaystyle a_{Q}(t)}$ on ${\displaystyle t=[0,2T,4T,\ldots ]}$. The

${\displaystyle f_{c}}$

Using the

${\displaystyle s(t)=\cos \left[2\pi f_{c}t+b_{k}(t){\frac {\pi t}{2T}}+\phi _{k}\right]}$

where b_k(t) is +1 when ${\displaystyle a_{I}(t)=a_{Q}(t)}$ and −1 if they are of opposite signs, and ${\displaystyle \phi _{k}}$ is 0 if ${\displaystyle a_{I}(t)}$ is 1, and ${\displaystyle \pi }$ otherwise. Therefore, the signal is modulated in frequency and phase, and the phase changes continuously and linearly.

Properties

Since the minimum symbol distance is the same as in the QPSK,^[7][6] the following formula can be used for the theoretical bit-error ratio bound:

${\displaystyle P_{b}=Q\left({\sqrt {\frac {2E_{b}}{N_{0}}}}\right)={\frac {1}{2}}\operatorname {erfc} \left({\sqrt {\frac {E_{b}}{N_{0}}}}\right)}$

where ${\displaystyle E_{b}}$ is the energy per one bit, ${\displaystyle N_{0}}$ is the noise spectral density, ${\displaystyle Q(*)}$ denotes the Q-function and ${\displaystyle \operatorname {erfc} }$ denotes the complementary error function.

Gaussian minimum-shift keying

Gaussian minimum-shift keying, or GMSK, 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, and typically has much narrower phase shift angles than most MSK modulation systems. This has the advantage of reducing sideband power, which in turn reduces out-of-band interference between signal carriers in adjacent frequency channels.^[9]

However, the Gaussian filter increases the modulation memory in the system and causes

• Constellation diagram used to examine the modulation in signal space (not time)
• Gaussian frequency-shift keying

References

• Subbarayan Pasupathy, Minimum Shift Keying: A Spectrally Efficient Modulation, IEEE Communications Magazine, 1979
• R. de Buda, Fast FSK Signals and their Demodulation, Can. Elec. Eng. J. Vol. 1, Number 1, 1976
• F. Amoroso, Pulse and Spectrum Manipulation in the Minimum (Frequency) Shift Keying (MSK) Format, IEEE Trans.
• "Appendix D – Digital Modulation and GMSK" (PDF). University of Hull. 2001-03-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-09-24.

• Link Budget Analysis: Digital Modulation-Part 2-FSK (Atlanta RF)
• Elnoubi, S., Chahine, S. A., & Abdallah, H. (2004, March). BER performance of GMSK in Nakagami fading channels. In Radio Science Conference, 2004. NRSC 2004. Proceedings of the Twenty-First National (pp. C13-1). IEEE.
• Feher, K. (1993, July). FQPSK: A modulation-power efficient RF amplification proposal for increased spectral efficiency and capacity GMSK and Π/4-QPSK compatible PHY standard. In IEEE 802.11 Wireless Access Methods Phys. Layer Spec. Doc.