Patent ID: 11895513
Assignee: CONSTELLATION DESIGNS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 50:
51. The method of claim 41, wherein:
the group of symbol constellations comprises symbol constellations with eight constellation points that are associated with SNRs that are less than 8.4 dB;
the plurality of symbol constellations further comprises:
a second group of symbol constellations that each contain sixteen constellation points associated with SNRs less than 14.8 dB;
a third group of symbol constellations that each contain thirty-two constellation points associated with SNRs less than 20.4 dB;

each of the symbol constellations in the second and third groups of symbol constellations comprises a ring of constellation points that are unequally spaced along the ring where the labels and spacing of the constellation points are arranged such that each of the symbol constellations in the second and third groups of symbol constellations are capable of providing a given capacity at a reduced signal-to-noise ratio as compared to a similar symbol constellation that differs only in that the constellation points in the ring are equally spaced around the ring;
the plurality of symbol constellations further comprises:
an eight point symbol constellation that comprises a ring of constellation points that are evenly spaced along the ring;
a sixteen point symbol constellation that comprises a ring of constellation points that are evenly spaced along the ring; and
a thirty-two point symbol constellation that comprises a ring of constellation points that are evenly spaced along the ring.