Patent Publication Number: US-8121020-B1

Title: QLM demodulation

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This patent application is a continuation in part of application Ser. Nos. 10/826,118 filed on Apr. 16, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,006,830, 10/266,256 filed on Oct. 8, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,391,819 and application Ser. No. 10/772,597 filed on Feb. 6, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,337,383. 
    
    
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     U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 U.S. application Ser. No. 10/772,597 
                 February 2004 
                 von der Embse, U. A. 
               
               
                 U.S. application Ser. No. 10/266,256 
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                 von der Embse, U. A. 
               
               
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     OTHER PUBLICATIONS 
     
         
         C. Heegard and S. B. Wicker&#39;s book “Turbo Coding”, Kluwer Academic Publishers 1999 
         B. Vucetic and J. Yuan&#39;s book “Turbo Codes”, Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000 
         J. G. Proakis&#39;s book “Digital Communications”. McGraw Hill, Inc. 1995 
         L. Hanzo, C. H. Wong, M. S. Lee&#39;s book “Adaptive Wireless Transceivers”, John Wiley &amp; Sons 2002 
         C. E. Shannon “A Mathematical Theory of Communications”, Bell System Technical Journal, 27:379-423, 623-656, October 1948 
       
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     I. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to the Shannon bound on communications capacity and also relates to symbol modulation and demodulation for high-data-rate wired, wireless, and optical communications and includes the symbol modulations phase-shift-keying PSK, quadrature amplitude modulation QAM, bandwidth efficient modulation BEM, gaussian minimum shift keying GMSK, pulse position modulation PPM, and the plurality of current and future modulations for single links and multiple access links which include time division multiple access TDMA, frequency division multiple access FDMA, code division multiple access CDMA, spatial division multiple access SDMA, frequency hopping FH, optical wavelength division multiple access WDMA, orthogonal Wavelet division multiple access OWDMA, combinations thereof, and the plurality of radar, optical, laser, spatial, temporal, sound, imaging, and media applications. Communication application examples include electrical and optical wired, mobile, point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, multipoint-to-multipoint, cellular, multiple-input multiple-output MIMO, and satellite communication networks. 
     II. Description of the Related Art 
     The Shannon bound is the Shannon capacity theorem for the maximum data rate C and equivalently can be restated as a bound on the corresponding number of modulation bits per symbol as well as a bound on the communications efficiency and is complemented by the Shannon coding theorem. From Shannon&#39;s paper “A Mathematical Theory of Communications” Bell System Technical Journal, 27:379-423, 623-656, October 1948 and B. Vucetic and J. Yuan&#39;s book “Turbo Codes”, Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000, the Shannon (Shannon-Hartley theorem) capacity theorem, the corresponding Shannon bound on the information bits b per symbol, the Shannon bound on the communications efficiency η, and the Shannon coding theorem can be written as equations (1). 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
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     Using the assumption that the symbol rate 1/T s  is maximized which means 1/T s =Nyquist rate=bandwidth B and is equivalent T s B=1, enables 1 in equations (1) defining C to be rewritten to calculate max{b} as a function of the signal-to-noise ratio S/N, and to calculate E b /N o  which is the ratio of energy per information bit E b  to the noise power density N o , as a function of the max{b} in 2 and wherein max{b} is the maximum value of the number of information bits per symbol b. Since the communications efficiency η=b/(T s B) in bits/sec/Hz it follows that maximum values of b and η are equal. The derivation of the equation for E b /N o  uses the definition E b /N o =(S/N)/b in addition to 1 and 2. Reliable communications in the statement of the Shannon coding theorem 3 means an arbitrarily low bit error rate BER. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     This invention introduces a bound on communications capacity that can be supported by a communications channel with frequency bandwidth B and signal-to-noise ratio S/N, a quadrature parallel-layered modulation QLM, and QLM demodulation algorithms. QLM is used to derive this bound and the QLM performance validates the bound by providing a modulation which becomes close to this bound with error correcting codes such as turbo codes. QLM is a layered topology for transmitting higher data rates than possible with each layer of communications and is implemented by transmitting each layer with a differentiating or equivalently a discriminating parameter which enables separation and decoding of each layer. Performance verification of a representative trellis demodulation algorithm is given for QLM modulation using PSK for each layer. Symbol demodulation algorithms primarily are maximum likelihood ML and trellis algorithms. Trellis algorithms provide the best demodulation performance at the cost of computational complexity. Suboptimal reduced-state iterative trellis demodulation algorithms help to reduce the computational complexity. A second category of demodulation algorithms are trellis bit algorithms which offer substantially lower complexity demodulation at the cost of a demodulation loss. This loss can be reduced with bit correlation error correction decoding which coding is orthogonal to the normal bit sequential error correction decoding of each communication channel. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The above-mentioned and other features, objects, design algorithms, and performance advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description set forth below when taken in conjunction with the drawings and performance data wherein like reference characters and numerals denote like elements, and in which: 
         FIG. 1  calculates information bits b per symbol interval versus E b /N o  for the new bound, Shannon bound, and for PSK, QAM at BER=1e−6 with turbo coding. 
         FIG. 2  calculates information bits b per symbol interval versus S/N=C/I for the new bound, Shannon bound, and for PSK, QAM at BER=1e−6 with turbo coding wherein C/I is the carrier power to interference power ratio in B. 
         FIG. 3  calculates the performance of QLM PSK and QLM QAM as Bps/Hz=Bits/(symbol Interval)=b vs. E b /N o . 
         FIG. 4  calculates the performance of QLM PSK and QLM QAM as Bps/Hz=Bits/(symbol Interval)=b vs. S/N=C/I. 
         FIG. 5  plots the ideal waveform in time and frequency, the correlation function of the waveform, and a QLM correlation function for n p =4. 
         FIG. 6  plots a OWDMA Wavelet waveform in time, the Wavelet correlation function in time, and the ideal correlation function in time. 
         FIG. 7  plots a OFDMA DFT waveform in frequency, the DFT correlation function in frequency, and the ideal correlation function in frequency wherein DFT is the discrete fourier transform. 
         FIG. 8  illustrates the pulse waveform time offsets for QLM with n p  layers of communications. 
         FIG. 9A  is a block diagram of a trellis symbol demodulation algorithm. 
         FIG. 9B  is the flow diagram of the trellis symbol demodulation algorithm. 
         FIG. 9C  is the continuation of the flow diagram of the trellis symbol demodulation algorithm. 
         FIG. 10  plots the measured bit error rate BER performance for the uncoded 4-PSK QLM with a n p =2 layered QLM pulse waveform in  FIG. 8  using the trellis demodulation algorithm in  FIG. 9 . 
         FIG. 11  is a block diagram of a QLM trellis symbol iterative demodulation algorithm. 
         FIG. 12  plots complexity metric performance of a trellis symbol demodulation algorithm vs. the information bits b. 
         FIG. 13  plots complexity metric performance of a trellis bit demodulation algorithm vs. the information bits b. 
         FIG. 14  illustrates decisioning manifolds for 8-PSK for the first two bits of the 3 bit 8-PSK data symbol. 
         FIG. 15  is a block diagram of a QLM trellis bit demodulation algorithm. 
         FIG. 16  is a block diagram of a QLM trellis bit iterative demodulation algorithm. 
         FIG. 17  is a representative transmitter implementation block diagram for OFDMA QLM. 
         FIG. 18  is a representative transmitter implementation block diagram for CDMA QLM. 
         FIG. 19  is a representative transmitter implementation block diagram for OWDMA QLM. 
         FIG. 20  is a representative receiver implementation block diagram for OFDMA QLM. 
         FIG. 21  is a representative receiver implementation block diagram for CDMA QLM. 
         FIG. 22  is a representative receiver implementation block diagram for OWDMA QLM. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Quadrature parallel-layered modulation QLM is a new invention that increases the data rate supported by a channel by adding layers of independent communications channels or signals over the existing communications such that each layer can be uniquely separated and demodulated in the receiver. These layers of communications channels are parallel sets of communications channels occupying the same bandwidth B as the 1 st  layer which is the original set of communications channels occupying the bandwidth B. Layering of parallel channels or signals is not necessarily an addition of signals in the algebra of the real or complex field since for example for GMSK the layering is in the frequency domain of the FM signal. 
     The new bound on communications capacity recognizes that one can increase the average symbol rate from the Nyquist rate 1/T s =B assumed in the Shannon bound in equations (1) to the value n p /T s =n p B=n p x(Nyquist Rate) with n p  layers of the communications or equivalently with the addition of (n p −1) parallel communications channels with differing characteristics which make them separable and recoverable in the receiver with implementation of a trellis type demodulation algorithm or the equivalent in terms of capabilities and performance where “equivalent” includes the plurality of all possible mathematical techniques to provide alternative solutions compared to the broad class of trellis algorithms. Note that “×” is the multiplication symbol for “times”. In this patent disclosure the term “separable” is intended to mean there is a differentiating parameter or equivalently a discriminating parameter which allows the n p  layers or equivalently channels to be uniquely recoverable. 
     The capacity bound and coding theorem in equations (5) are derived for convenience using time as the differentiating parameter without restrictions on the differentiating parameter. Step 1 in the derivation observes a suitably constructed trellis algorithm will successfully invert the transmitted layers 1, . . . , n p  of communications channels for QLM to recover estimates of the transmitted symbols when the layers are time synchronized for transmission at T s /n p 2T s /n p , . . . , (n p −1)T s /n p  offsets respectively for layers 2,3, . . . , (n p −1) relative to the 1 st  layer at zero offset corresponding to transmitting symbols at ΔT s  intervals with ΔT s =T s /n p . Maximum capacity for each layer is equal to the Shannon bound in 1 in equations (2) which is the Shannon bound in 2 in equations (1) with b, S/N replaced by b p , (S/N) p  for each layer with the subscript “p” referring to each communications layer. Maximum capacity b in 2 in equations (2) for the n p  layers is the product of n p  and b p    
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1 max{ b   p }=log 2 [1+( S/N ) p ]
 
2.  b=n   p  log 2 [1+( S/N ) p ]  (2)
 
where b=n p b p =Bps/Hz=Bits/(Symbol Interval) is the number of bits over a T s  interval, (S/N) p =S/N per symbol in each of the parallel-layered communications sets of channels, and the maximum label for b has been removed since there is a dependency on both n p  and (S/N) p  which must be defined in order to transform this equation into a maximum for b.
 
     Step 2 observes the communications layers will equally share in the transmitted S/N and the signal power available for demodulation in each layer is equal to the signal power in each layer over the separation interval ΔT s . This means for demodulation, each layer receives the signal power over the fraction ΔT s =T s /n p  of the symbol interval T s  and n p (S/N) p =(S/N) s  is equal to the signal to noise ratio (S/N) s  over T s  for each layer in 1 in equations (3). The total S/N over T s  is the sum of the (S/N) s  for each layer which yields 2 in equations (3). 
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1  n   p ( S/N ) p =( S/N ) s 
 
2  S/N =( n   p ^2)( S/N ) p   (3)
 
     Results of steps 1 and 2 are used to derive the E b /N o  from the value (E b /N o ) p  in each layer. Substituting the identities S/N=bE b /N o , (S/N) p =b p (E b /N o ) p , and b=n p b p  into 2 in equations (3) yields equation (4).
 
 E   b   /N   o   =n   p  ( E   b   /N   o ) p   (4)
 
     Equations (2) and (3) for step 1 and step 2 respectively can be combined with the identity S/N=bE b /N o  to yield the equations (5) for the new bounds on C, max{b}, and max{η} as a function of S/N, E b /N o  and for the minimum E b /N o  written as min{E b /N 0 } as a function of b wherein the optimization is over the number of communications layers n p . 
     Upper bounds for b and η defined in 2 in equations (5) are derived from 2 in equations (2), 2 in equations (3), and the identities S/N=bE b /N o  and max(η}=max{b} in the form of a maximum with respect to the selection of the parameter n p  for fixed values of S/N in the first expression and in the second for fixed values of E b /N o  with an interactive evaluation of b from the first expression. 
     Upper bound for C in 1 in equations (5) is derived from the capacity equation for max{b} in 2 in equations (2) and the identities b=C/B and S/N=bE b /N o  in the form of an upper bound on C with respect to the selection of the parameter n p  for fixed values of S/N in the first expression and in the second for fixed values of E b /N o  with an interactive evaluation of b from 2. 
     Lower bound on E b /N o  which is the minimum value min{E b /N o } in 3 in equations (5) is derived by solving the second expression in 2 and taking the minimum over all allowable values of n p . 
     The new coding theorem in 4 in equations (5) states that C is the upper bound on the information data rate R b  in bits/second for which error correcting codes exist to provide reliable communications with an arbitrarily low bit error rate BER where C is defined in 1 in equations (5) and upgrades the Shannon coding theorem 3 in equatios (1) using new capacity bound C in 1 in equations (5) and introduces the new data symbol rate 5 whose maximum value max{n p /T s } is n p  times the Nyquist rate for a bandwidth B. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
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     FIG.  1 , 2  calculate the coded QLM performance  64 , 69  using equations (6) for QLM PSK (which reads “QLM modulation using PSK data symbol modulation”) using the scaling laws for E b /N o =n p  (E b /N o ) p  in equations (4) and for S/N=(n p ^2) (S/N) p  in 2 in equations (3). In 1 examples of QLM PSK for 4,8-PSK are given for b=3,4,6,8,12,16 bits per symbol interval as functions of b s =2,3 uncoded bits per data symbol for 4,8-PSK, QLM layers n p =2,4,8, and coding rate R=(information bits/data bits)=2/3,3/4. It is well known that the most bandwidth efficient coding for 4,8-PSK use R=3/4,2/3 in 1. In 2 the corresponding values of E b /N o =3.0,4.1 dB for 4,8-PSK at BER=1e−6 are from the turbo coding data in  FIG. 1 ,  2 . In 3 the E b /N o  for n p  layers is calculated from the measured values for the 1 st  or ground layer in 2 using equations (3). In 4 the S/N is calculated as a function of the E b /N o  in 3,4 and the b in 1. It should be clear that the combinations of parameters b s ,n p ,R in 1 in equations (6) are a limited subset of possible values. The selected subset is intended to illustrate the principles, algorithms, implementation, and performance, and is not necessarily the preferred subset for overall performance. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
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     FIG.  3 , 4  calculate some of the available options for supporting b=Bps/Hz=bits/(symbol interval) performance to 12 Bps/Hz using the scaling laws for E b /N o =n p  (E b /N o ) p  in equations (4), the scaling laws for S/N=(n p ^2)(S/N) p  in equations (3), the QLM bound, and the 4-PSK, 8-PSk, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM modulations.  FIG. 3  calculates the QLM bound in  24 , the QLM 4-PSK b vs. E b /N o  in  25  for n p =1,2,4,8, the QLM 8-PSK b vs. E b /N o  in  26  for n p =1,2,4,6 in  26 , and the QLM 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM b vs. E b /N o  for n p =1,2,4, n p =1,2,3, n p =1,2, respectively in  27 ,  28 ,  29 .  FIG. 4  calculates the QLM bound in  30  and these modulations for b vs. S/N=C/I for 4-PSK in  31 , 8-PSK in  32 , 16-QAM in  33 , 64-QAM in  34 , and 256-QAM I  35 . To achieve b=12 Bps/Hz=Bits/(symbol length) the QLM 4-PSK, 8-PSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM require successively fewer layers of communications n p =8,6,4,3,2 with attendant successively higher values for the required E b /N o  and S/N=C/I. 
     Demodulation algorithms for QLM implement the steps in the signal processing (7): 
     QLM Demodulation Signal Processing (7)
         step 1 detects the received QLM signal to remove the waveform and recover the stream of correlated transmitted data symbols at the rate n p /T s =n p B data symbols per second,   step 2 processes this stream of correlated data symbols to recover estimates of the data symbols for each of the n p  communication channels or sets of channels or layers, and   step 3 converts the data symbol stream for each channel or each set of channels to a data bit stream and implements error correction decoding of the data bit stream to recover estimates of the transmitted data bits.       

     In step 2 the ability of the demodulation algorithms to recover the transmitted data symbols from the received QLM communications signal depends on the correlation (auto-correlation) function being well-behaved. A correlation function of a discriminating parameter or equivalently a differentiating parameter such as time offset or frequency offset enables the QLM layers to be demodulated to recover the transmitted data symbols. Plots of representative correlation functions in time and frequency offsets are given in FIG.  5 , 6 , 7 . The correlations in FIG.  5 , 6 , 7  are used to implement step 2 of the demodulation signal processing (7) since their symmetry property makes these correlations equal to convolutions of the waveforms with their stored replicas which is a requirement in step 2 of the demodulation signal processing (7). 
       FIG. 5  presents an ideal impulse response waveform (pulse waveform) in both time and frequency and the corresponding correlation in time and frequency. In time  12  the ideal impulse response  10  waveform  11  extends over the data symbol T s  second interval  13  and has a correlation function  14  in time  15  with a triangular mainlobe  16  extending over 2T s  seconds  18  with zero sidelobes  17 . This waveform is the ideal pulse waveform in  FIG. 8 . In frequency  12  the ideal impulse response  10  waveform  11  extends over the frequency interval B Hz  13  and has a correlation function  14  in frequency  15  with a triangular mainlobe  16  extending over 2B Hz  18  with zero sidelobes  17 . The correlation function for the pulse waveform in  FIG. 8  for n p =4 is overlayed on the triangular correlation function as a set of circles  19  on the mainlobe and on the sidelobes  17 . It is observed there are 2n p −1=2×4−1=7 correlation values in the mainlobe. 
       FIG. 6  presents a Wavelet waveform in patent application 09/826,118 for OWDMA in time, the correlation function, and an ideal correlation function in time. The correlation function closely approximates the waveform and the ideal triangular correlation closely approximates the mainlobe and has a mainlobe  20  extending over 2T s  second interval with low sidelobes  21 . 
       FIG. 7  presents a N=64 point discrete fourier transform DFT for OFDMA in frequency, the correlation function, and an ideal correlation function in frequency. The correlation function closely approximates the waveform and the ideal triangular correlation closely approximates the mainlobe and has a mainlobe extending over 2B=2/T s  Hz interval with low sidelobes  23  wherein the symbol rate 1/T s  is at the Nyquist rate and equal to the bandwidth B for each channel. 
       FIG. 8  defines the QLM modulation for an ideal pulse modulation with timing offset as the differentiating parameter between the QLM layers and whose waveform and correlation function are defined in  FIG. 5 . The reference pulse  33  p i =p i (t) defined over time  34  t is  35  T s  seconds long and normalized with amplitude  36  1/T s . Starting time  37  is t=i 1 T s  and ending time  38  is T s  seconds later. Indexing convention is a pulse i has no offset relative to the reference time, pulse i+1  41  has a ΔA s  offset  37 , pulse i−1  43  has a −ΔT s  offset  37 , and this convention applies to all i. Symbol modulation  39  Ae^(jΦ i ) when multiplied by the pulse amplitude  36  1/√{square root over (T s )} is the complex envelope of the pulse waveform. Consecutive pulses are spaced at  40  ΔT s =T s /n p  second intervals. Also shown are the consecutive later pulse  41  and the continuation  42 , and the earlier pulses  43  and  44  and the continuation  45 . Starting times for these additional pulses are given in  37 . This QLM architecture has a pulse overlap of nearest neighbor pulses with a corresponding correlation between these pulses given in  FIG. 5  for n p =4 pulses or layers. 
     Step 2 demodulation algorithms are grouped into maximum likelihood ML symbol algorithms, trellis symbol algorithms, and trellis bit algorithms. Trellis symbol algorithms are trellis algorithms over the correlated data symbol fields and use ML, maximum a-posteriori MAP, or other decisioning metrics. Trellis bit algorithms are trellis algorithms over the data symbol correlated bit fields. MAP decisioning metrics have been introduced in patent application Ser. No. 10/772,597 for trellis and convolutional decoding using trellis algorithms. This classification of demodulation algorithms is introduced to illustrate representative methods for constructing demodulation algorithms and is not a limitation on the scope of this invention which encompasses all possible demodulation algorithms for QLM. 
     For step 2 consider a ML symbol detection algorithm using a block algorithm approach with the pulse waveform in  FIG. 8 . Demodulation for QLM implements signal detection in step 1 to remove the waveform and recover estimates of the transmitted complex baseband signal in step 2 followed by signal decoding in step 3 to recover estimates of the transmitted data. The received pulse waveform is removed by a convolution of the received signal {circumflex over (z)}(t) with the complex conjugate of the transmitted pulse waveform and this receiver convolution generates the received Rx estimate Y i =X i +n i  of the transmitted Tx symbol wherein the received noise-free waveform after symbol detection is X i =Σ δi  Z i+δi  c(δi) equal to the correlated sum of the data symbols Z i+δi =A i+δi  e^(jφ i+δi ) with each data symbol encoded with the signal amplitude A i  and signal phase φ i  for PSK and QAM symbol encoding and where c(δi) is the correlation coefficient of the pulse waveform p i (t) in FIG.  5 , 8  over neighboring symbols at i+δi=i+/−1,i+/−2, . . . in  FIG. 8  and by definition c(δi)=∫p i (t)p i+δi (t)dt which is normalized so that c(0)=1, and n i  is the data symbol detection noise. Also, one can partition this integration into integrations over the pulse separations ΔT 6  whereupon the symbol estimates {circumflex over (Z)} i  have different values for the correlation coefficients c(δi). The signal detection correlation matrix R is constructed from the set of correlation coefficients {c(δi)} by the equation of definition R=[R(i,k)]=[c(k−i)] and is an n×n matrix for full symbol T s  integration and an (n+n p −1)×(n+n p −1) matrix for partial symbol ΔT s  integration where n is the number of data symbols and the notation “n×n” reads “n by n”. Correlation coefficients for n p =4 pulses are the values of the correlation function plotted in  FIG. 5 . 
     Equations (8) constructs a block length n=5, n p =2 pulses, pulse length T s  example of the correlation matrix R for  FIG. 8  for full symbol integration over the T s  pulse length specified by the parameter set T s , n, n p . 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
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     In equations (8) in 1 the data symbols for the array of n transmitted Tx pulses is the n×1 column vector Z with components {Z i } and where [(o)]′ is the transpose of [(o)]. In 2 components of the n×1 detected signal vector Y=[Y 1 , Y 2 , . . . , Y n ]′ are equal to Y i =X i +n i  introduced in the previous. In 3 the matrix equation for Y is defined where R is the correlation matrix and U is the n×1 Rx noise vector. The definition E{UU′}=2σ 2 R enables the ML solution of 3 to be derived {circumflex over (Z)}=[R′(2σ 2 R) −1 R] −1 R(2σ 2 R) −1 Y and simplified to the equivalent equation in 4 where {circumflex over (Z)} is the estimate of Z and σ is the one-sigma value of the Rx additive white Gaussian noise AWGN for each Rx detected data symbol. 
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     ⁢     1.   ⁢           ⁢           Z   =       [       Z   i     ,     Z   2     ,           ⁢   …   ⁢           ,     Z   n       ]     ′                 =     [         A   1     ⁢     exp   ⁡     (     j   ⁢           ⁢     φ   1       )         ,       A   2     ⁢     exp   ⁡     (     j   ⁢           ⁢     φ   2       )         ,           ⁢   …   ⁢           ,       A   n     ⁢     exp   ⁡     (     j   ⁢           ⁢     φ   n       )                       ⁢     
     ⁢         2.   ⁢           ⁢     Y   i       =       X   i     +       n   i     ⁢           ⁢   for   ⁢           ⁢   all   ⁢           ⁢   i         ,       X   i     =       Σ     δ   ⁢           ⁢   i       ⁢     Z     i   +     δ   ⁢           ⁢   I         ⁢     c   ⁡     (     δ   ⁢           ⁢   i     )             ⁢     
     ⁢       3.   ⁢           ⁢   Y     =     RZ   +   U       ⁢     
     ⁢       4.   ⁢           ⁢     Z   ^       =       R     -   1       ⁢   Y               (   8   )               
A similar matrix inversion algorithm can be derived for the recovery of estimates {circumflex over (Z)} of the transmitted symbol set using the set of signal detection measurements over ΔT s .
 
     For step 2 consider a trellis symbol algorithm in  FIG. 9  using a ML decisioning metric or a MAP decisioning metric disclosed in patent application Ser. No. 10/772,597 or another decisioning metric.  FIG. 9A  is the top level block diagram of the trellis algorithm for a non-iterative application. Basic elements of the algorithm are the trellis parameters  170 , trellis algorithm  171  structured by the parameter set in  170 , and the trellis decoding algorithm  172 . The trellis algorithm completes or partially completes trellis demodulation before handing off the data symbol estimates and metrics to the trellis decoding algorithm  172  or alternatively, interleaves the trellis error correction decoding  172  with trellis demodulation by accepting one or more data symbol estimates from the trellis algorithm for decoding before returning  173  to the trellis algorithm for processing the next data symbols. Decoding data estimates  174  are handed off to the receiver for further processing. The parameter set  170  is applicable to the ideal pulse modulation defined in FIG.  5 , 8  with time as the differentiating parameter as well as to the pulse waveforms in FIG.  6 , 7  and to other applications with other differentiating parameters. The correlation function in  FIG. 5  for the pulse waveform in  FIG. 8  has zero sidelobes which means only the mainlobe correlation has to be considered in the trellis algorithm. Mainlobe correlation values for n p =4 are plotted in  FIG. 5 . It is sufficient to use a one-sided correlation function since the correlation is symmetrical about the origin whereupon the correlation vector C whose elements are the mainlobe correlation coefficients is observed to be equal to C=[c(0),c(1),c(2),c(3)]=[1,3/4,1/2,1/4] for n p =4 where the correlation coefficients are c(0),c(1),c(2),c(3). Other trellis parameters are the number of data symbols n, number of parallel QLM channels n p , number of data symbol states n s , and the number of trellis states n t =n 3 ^(2n p −2)=2^b s (2n p −2) wherein n s =2^b s =4,8,16,64,356 for 4-PSK,8-PSK,16-QAM,64-QAM,256-QAM for the correlation function in  FIG. 5 . 
       FIG. 9B  uses the trellis parameters  170  in the initialization  150  prior to the start k=0 with an empty shift register SR which normally contains the 2n p −1 Rx correlated data symbols for the mainlobe plus the correlated symbols for the sidelobes for each of the possible trellis paths. At k=0 the path metric α 0 (xi) is set equal to a negative or zero initialization constant for all of the nodes xi=0,1,2, . . . , (n s ^(2np−2)−1} of the trellis diagram where α 0 (xi) is the logarithm of the state S 0  path metric at k=0 for node xi, n s  is the number of states of the data symbol modulation, the Rx symbols are indexed over k with k=0 indicating the initial value prior to the Rx symbol k=1, nodes of the trellis diagram are the states of the SR, and state S k  refers to the trellis diagram paths and metrics at symbol k in the trellis algorithm. In the previous for ML block decoding the symbols were indexed over i. 
     Loop  151  processes the Rx symbols k=1,2, . . . , n where the index k also refers to the corresponding algorithm steps and to the states of the trellis algorithm. In  152  the Rx signals are pulse detected to remove the carrier frequency and waveform to recover a normalized correlated data symbol Y k . For each Rx symbol Y k  the state transition decisioning metrics R k (jxi) are calculated by the logarithm transition metric equations {R k (jxi)=−|Y k −{circumflex over (X)} k (jxi)|^2} for a ML metric, {R k (jxi)=|{circumflex over (x)} k |^2−2Real(Y k {circumflex over (X)} k (jxi))*} for a MAP metric wherein (o)* is the complex conjugate of (o), and {R k (jxi)=metric(Y k ,{circumflex over (X)} k )} for another metric, for all possible transition paths {jxi} from the previous state S k−1 (xi) at node xi to the new state S k (jx) at node jx in the trellis diagram snd where {circumflex over (X)} k (jxi) is the hypothesized normalized detected correlated symbol k for the path jxi. For a mainlobe correlation function the {circumflex over (X)} k (jxi) is defined by the equation {circumflex over (X)} k (jxi)=c(n p −1) [sr(1)+sr(2n p −1)]+ . . . +c(1) [sr(n p −1)+sr(n p +1)]+c(0) [sr(n p )] which calculates {circumflex over (X)} k (jxi) as the correlated weighted sum of the elements of the shift register SR=[sr(1),sr(2), . . ., sr(2n p −1)]′ with {circumflex over (Z)} k =sr(n p ),{circumflex over (Z)} k−1 =sr(n p −1), {circumflex over (Z)} k+1 ==sr(n p +1), . . . where c(0)=1, the normalized data symbol estimates {{circumflex over (Z)} k } correspond to the transition index jxi, and the state k estimated symbol {circumflex over (Z)} k  is the SR center element sr(n p ) with correlation coefficient c(0)=1. Symbols move from left to right starting with “j” with each new received symbol or step in the trellis recursion algorithm, and ending with “i”. With this convention “j” is indexed over the states of sr(1), “x” is indexed over the current states of sr(2), . . . ,sr(2n p −2), and “i” is indexed over the states of sr(2n p −1). Index over the paths of the trellis diagram is defined by the equation jxi=sr(1)+n s  sr(2)+n s  ^2 sr(3)+ . . . +n s ^(2n p −2) sr(2n p −1)=0,1,2, . . . , n s ^(2n p −1)−1 when the contents of the SR elements are the indices corresponding to the assumed data symbol state values. 
     Loop  153  calculates the best trellis transition paths from state S k−1  to the new state S k  for the new nodes jx=0,1,2, . . . , n s ^(2n p −2)−1. In  154  the path metric α k (S k ) is defined by the recursive logarithm equation α k (S k )=α k−1 (S k−1 )+R(S k−1 −&gt;S k ) which can be rewritten as α k (jx)=α k−1 (xi)+R(jxi) since the state S k  corresponds to node jx, state S k−1  corresponds to node xi and the state transition from S k−1  to S k represented symbolically as S k−1 −&gt;S k  corresponds to the path jxi. 
     The best path metric α k (jx) for each new node jx is chosen by the decisioning equation α k (jx)=maximum{α k−1 (xi)+R k (jxi)} with respect to the admissible xi. For each jx, the corresponding xi yielding the highest value of the path metric α k (jx) is used to define the new symbol {circumflex over (Z)} k  and path. 
     For k≧D the state metric S k  is upgraded for this new path jxi by the update operation S k (:,jx)=[{circumflex over (Z)} k (jxi); S k−1 (1:D−1, xi)] using Matlab notation which replaces the column jx vector with the column xi vector after the elements of xi have been moved down by one symbol and the new symbol {circumflex over (Z)} k  added to the top of the column vector which is the row 1 element. State S k  is a D by (n 101 ^(2n p −2) matrix with the column vectors equal to the trellis states over the past D symbols where “D” is the trellis decoding memory extending over several correlation lengths (2n p −1) for the solution to be stabilized. In Matlab notation the S k (:,jx) is the column vector jx of S k  consisting of the new symbol {circumflex over (Z)} k  and the previous D−1 symbols along the trellis path to node jx and the S k−1 (1:D,xi) is the D×1 column vector of S k−1  for the previous node xi. 
     For k≦D the state metric S k  is upgraded for this new path jxi by the operation S k (:;jx)=[{circumflex over (Z)} k (jxi); S k−1 (:;xi)] which replaces the column jx vector with the column xi vector after the new symbol {circumflex over (Z)} k  has been added to the top of the column which is the row 1 element to increase the path size by one. State S k  is a k by (n 101 ^(2n p −2) matrix with the column vectors equal to the trellis states over the past k symbols. 
     Metric values for each path in S k  are stored for later use in soft decisioning turbo and convolutional decoding. Metrics of interest for each symbol k and for each jx are the values of {α k−1 (xi)+R(jxi)} for all admissible xi states for the new path symbol {circumflex over (Z)} k  for jx for k. 
     For symbols k≧D the best path jx is found which maximizes α k (jx) and the estimated value {circumflex over (Z)} k−D  for symbol k−D is the last row element of the column corresponding to this best path in state metric S k . This continues until k=n and ends the jx loop  153  and the k loop  151 . 
     Processing  162  continues with steps k=n+1, . . . ,n+D−1  160 , 161  to recover the estimated values {circumflex over (Z)} k−D  of the Tx symbols Z k  which are read from the corresponding row elements D−1, D−2, . . . , 1 of the column in the state metric S n  corresponding to the best path jx found for the last symbol k=n. This ends the jx loop  161 . 
     Outputs  164  of the trellis algorithm used for trellis decoding are the estimates {{circumflex over (Z)} k } of the transmitted symbols {Z k } and the corresponding metric values for all admissible states for each new path symbol {circumflex over (Z)} k  for all k. Trellis error correction turbo or convolutional decoding  165  recovers data estimates and hands off the data estimates  166  to the receiver for further processing. 
     The trellis algorithm for QLM example  FIG. 9  using partial symbol ΔT s  integration presents another approach to a trellis algorithm for symbol recovery which offers a potential reduction in computational complexity compared to the algorithm for full symbol T s  integration in the trellis algorithm in  FIG. 9 . The largest computational burden is the calculation of the metrics, paths, and states. For the trellis algorithm in  FIG. 9  the number of calculations is essentially determined by the number n s ^(2n p −2) of nodes in the trellis algorithm. For the ΔT s  integration in the trellis algorithm the number of nodes reduces to a significantly lower number n s ^(n p −1). For this invention disclosure it is sufficient to demonstrate the trellis algorithm defined in  FIG. 9 . 
       FIG. 10  measures the trellis decoding performance for uncoded 4-PSK n p =1 and for n p =2 layers of QLM modulation implementing the decoding algorithm  FIG. 9 . Performance is plotted as bit error rate BER versus the normalized value (E b /N o )/n p  of the E b /N o  for the new bound from equation (4). Normalization means that for a given BER the (E b /N o )/n p  has the same value for all n p . For example, this means that BER=0.001 requires (E b /N o )/n p =6.8 dB and for n p =1,2,4 this requires E b /N o =6.8+0=6.8, 6.8+3=9.8, 6.8+6=12.8 dB respectively. Measured performance values for n p =2 are from a direct error count Monte Carlo simulation of the trellis algorithm and are plotted in  FIG. 10  as discrete measurement points. 
     For step 2 consider an iterative trellis symbol algorithm in  FIG. 11 . The correlation function observed in  FIG. 6 ,  7  for OWFMA, OFDMA waveforms have sidelobes which cause a degradation in BER performance unless they are incorporated into the trellis algorithm. A method for reducing this loss of BER performance without increasing the number of trellis states is to use an iterative algorithm which calculates the estimated data symbols in the first iteration using part or all of the mainlobe correlation function, uses these estimates to fill in the contributions of the sidelobes in the calculation of the estimated data symbols in the second iteration of the trellis algorithm, and continues this iteration if necessary. 
       FIG. 11  is a flow diagram of an interative trellis symbol algorithm wherein the iteration is used to incorporate the effects of the sidelobes of the correlation function into the trellis state transition metric function R k (jxi) in  152  in  FIG. 9B  in the non-iterative trellis symbol algorithm with a relatively small increase in computational complexity. In  FIG. 9  the algorithm is initialized with the parameter set in  176  which is the parameter set in  170  in  FIG. 9A  with the partitioning of the correlation vector C into the mainlobe vector C 0  plus the sidelobe vector C 1  and adding the specification of the stopping rule for the iterations. For a correlation vector C=[c(0),c(1), . . . , c(n p −1),c(n p ), . . . , c(n c )] consisting of n c  correlation coefficients, the mainlobe vector is C 0 =[c(0),c(1), . . . ,c(n p −1), 0,0, . . . ,0] and the sidelobe vector is C 1 =[0,0, . . . , 0,c(n p ), . . . , c(n c )] which partitions C into the vector sum C=C 0 +C 1 . 
     The iterative algorithm starts  177  by implementing the trellis algorithm  171  in  FIG. 9A  for the correlation mainlobe using the non-zero C 0  coefficients. Output data symbol estimates are used to calculate the a-priori estimated sidelobe contribution {circumflex over (X)} k|1  in  179  to {circumflex over (X)} k (jxi) which is the hypothesized normalized detected correlated symbol k for the path jxi in the calculation of the metric R k (jxi) in  152  in  FIG. 9B . In this implementation  180  of the trellis algorithm  152 , 154  in  FIG. 9B , the {circumflex over (X)} k (jxi)={circumflex over (X)} k|0 (jxi)+{circumflex over (X)} k|1  is the sum of the hypothesized mainlobe contribution {circumflex over (X)} k|0 (jxi) using the non-zero C 0  coefficients as described in  FIG. 9  and the sidelobe contribution {circumflex over (X)} k|1  using the data symbol estimates from  177  and the non-zero C 1  coefficients and wherein the subscripts “k|0” reads “index k given C 0 ” and “k|1” reads “index k given C 1 ”. From  152  in  FIG. 9B  we find the {circumflex over (X)} k|0 (jxi) is defined by the equation {circumflex over (X)} k|0 (jxi)=c(n p −1) [sr(1)+sr(2n p −1)]+ . . . +c(1) [sr(n p −1)+sr(n p +1)]+c(0) [sr(n p )] which calculates {circumflex over (X)} k|0 (jxi)={circumflex over (X)} k (jxi) in  FIG. 9B  as the correlated weighted sum of the elements of the shift register SR=[sr(1),sr(2), . . . , sr(2n p −1)]′ with {circumflex over (Z)} k =sr(n p ),{circumflex over (Z)} k−1 =sr(n p −1), {circumflex over (Z)} k+1 =sr(n p +1), . . . where c(0)=1, the normalized data symbol estimates {{circumflex over (Z)} k } correspond to the transition index jxi, and the state k estimated symbol {circumflex over (Z)} k  is the SR center element sr(n p ) with correlation coefficient c(0)=1. Symbols move from left to right starting with “j” with each new received symbol or step in the trellis recursion algorithm, and ending with “i”. With this convention “j” is indexed over the states of sr(1), “x” is indexed over the current states of sr(2), . . . , sr(2n p −2), and “i” is indexed over the states of sr(2n p −1). Index over the paths of the trellis diagram is defined by the equation jxi=sr(1)+n s  sr(2)+n s ^2 sr(3)+ . . . +n s ^(2n p −2) sr(2n p −1)−1=0,1,2, . . . , n s ^(2n p −1)−1 when the contents of the SR elements are the indices corresponding to the assumed data symbol state values. The sidelobe contribution is equal to {circumflex over (X)} k|1 =c(n p )({circumflex over (Z)} k−n     p   +{circumflex over (Z)} k+n     p   )+c(n p +1) ({circumflex over (Z)} k−1−n     p   +{circumflex over (Z)} k+1+n     p   )+c(n p +2) ({circumflex over (Z)} k−2−n     p   +{circumflex over (Z)} k+2+n     p   )+ . . . until the end of the sidelobe correlation coefficients or the end of the data symbol estimates and wherein {circumflex over (Z)} k−n     p    is the data symbol estimate in  179  for symbol k−n p . 
     Output of this modified trellis algorithm  180  is the set of data symbol estimates. A stopping rule in  176  is used to decide  182  if another iteration is required. When another iteration is required the data symbol estimates are used  184  to update the calculation  179  of the a-priori contribution {circumflex over (X)} k|1  of the sidelobes to the {circumflex over (X)} k (jxi) in the modified trellis algorithm  180 . With no further iteration the trellis error correction decoding  183  implements the trellis error correction decoding  172  in  FIG. 9A , hands off the data estimates  186  to the receiver for further processing. and returns  185  to the trellis algorithm for processing the next data symbol or symbols when the trellis error correction decoding  183  is interleaved with the trellis demodulation. Alternatively, the trellis demodulation is completed or partially completed before handing off the data symbol estimates and metrics to the trellis decoding algorithm  183 . 
     For step 2 a method to reduce the number of trellis states is to use a sequential trellis bit algorithm. With this method the data symbol bits are individually estimated by a trellis algorithm over the correlation function using the corresponding bits of each data symbol for each trellis pass. A comparison of the number of trellis states n t  for the symbol and bit algorithms is given in 1,2 in equations (9). This number n t  of trellis states is required to support each step k of the trellis demodulation and there are n p  demodulation steps in each data symbol interval T s  which means the number of trellis states per T s  second interval is equal to n p n t . The number of trellis states requires a SR length 2n p −2 and is equal to n s ^(2n p −2) whereas the number of trellis paths requires a SR length 2n p −1 and is equal to n s ^(2n p −1). The computational complexity of a trellis algorithm is driven by the number of trellis states. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     FIG.  12 , 13  calculate the number of trellis states n t  for the information bits b per data symbol interval for values to b=12 Bits/Hz=Bits/(Symbol Interval) for the trellis symbol demodulation algorithm and the trellis bit demodulation algorithm respectively using equations (9) to calculate the number of trellis states and calculating the information bits b vs. n p  performance for PSK and QAM from FIG.  3 , 4 . For trellis symbol demodulation,  FIG. 12  calculates the number of trellis states n t  vs. b for 4-PSK in  200 , 8-PSK in  201 , 16-QAM in  202 , 64-QAM in  203 , and 256-QAM in  204 . For trellis bit demodulation,  FIG. 13  calculates the number of trellis states n t  vs. b for 4-PSK in  205 , 8-PSK in  206 , 16_QAM in  207 , 64-QAM in  208 , and 256-QAM in  209 .  FIG. 13  compared to  FIG. 12  illustrates a reduction in computational complexity using the trellis bit demodulation algorithm compared to the trellis symbol demodulation algorithm. 
     In  FIG. 13  the number of bit passes is equal to the number of modulation bits b s  per data symbol which number multiplies the number of trellis states to calculate the equivalent number of trellis states for the bit algorithm. The data symbol rate reduction required to implement the bit error correction decoding is not factored into these plots since the required code rates are expected to be relatively high and have not been established. With the bit algorithm the complexity of the data symbol modulation may require the simultaneous demodulation of more than one bit for each data symbol in order to reduce the bit(s) decisioning loss and this could increase the complexity of the bit algorithm. Also not factored into these plots is the impact of the differences in the n p  over the T s  interval for the same values of b since the number of data symbol modulations is equal to n p n t  over a T s  interval for the same values of b. 
       FIG. 14  illustrates the decisioning manifolds and bit sequencing for QLM 8-PSK demodulation using a trellis bit detection algorithm. In  190  the 8-PSK data symbol modulation is mapped onto a unit circle in the complex plane using the binary representation b 0 b 1 b 2  for the b s =3 bit phase states n s =8=2^(3 bit) with the zero state  191  equal to b 0 b 1 b 2 =000. The 8-PSK phase states are arranged as a Gray code with the third bit b 2 =0,1 values on the respective bit b 0 ,b 1  decisioning boundaries  195 , 199  of their manifolds in the complex plane to reduce the impact of the undecided bit b 2  on the decisioning performance of b 0 , b 1 . It is well known that the Gray code reduces the probability of a multibit error and the BER for a given data symbol error since the neighboring symbols differ from each other by only one bit position. 
     In  192  the decisioning manifolds for the first bit b 0  are the respective subspaces of the complex plane  194  with real axis x and complex axis jy wherein j=√(−1), specified by b 0 =0 decisioning  193  and b 1 =1 decisioning  193  with the decisioning boundary  195  separating the manifolds. In  196  the decisioning manifolds for the second bit b 1  are the respective subspaces of the complex plane  198  specified by b 1 =0 decisioning  197  and b 1 =1 decisioning  197  with the decisioning boundary  199  separating the manifolds. In  196  the bit b 1  decisioning is conditioned on the knowledge of the first bit b 0  being b 0 =0,1. This means for b 0 =0 the decisioning manifolds in  196  are restricted to the b 0 =0 manifold in  192  and for b 0 =1 to the b 0 =1 manifold in  192 . 
       FIG. 15  is a flow diagram of a trellis bit demodulation algorithm with correlated bit error correction encoding and decoding. The algorithm is initialized with the parameter set in  210  which is the parameter set  170  in  FIG. 9A  with the identification of the bit representation b 0 b 1 b 2  . . . b s−1  of the b s  bit trellis states for the data modulation and definition of the corresponding decisioning boundaries and metrics for calculation of the trellis state transition metric R k (jxi) in  152  in  FIG. 9B  in the trellis symbol algorithm. 
     The trellis bit algorithm  211  implements the trellis symbol algorithm in  FIG. 9  with the symbols reduced to the first bit b 0  for each of the correlated data symbols to initiate the algorithm in the first trellis pass, implements the data symbol words b 0 b 1  for the next trellis pass with the bits b 0  estimated from the first pass, and so forth until the complete data symbol words b 0 b 1 b 2  . . . b s−1  have been recovered. In each pass the trellis state transition metric R k (jxi) in  152  in  FIG. 9B  in the trellis symbol algorithm is calculated using the definition of the corresponding decisioning boundaries and metrics in  210  following the procedure outlined in  FIG. 14  for 8-PSK and the estimated bit values from the previous trellis passes. 
     Bit estimates from the trellis bit algorithm are error correction decoded and re-encoded  213  to correct the decisioning errors resulting from a combination of noise and the non-optimal nature of the bit decisioning metrics. Bit decisioning metrics are non-optimal when there are unknown higher order bits which are undefined since the multi-layer correlations of the parallel QLM channels introduce random fluctuations contributed by these higher order bits. The error correction code finds the correct bit sequence and then regenerates the original encoded bit sequence to enable the next bit pass to be implemented with a relatively clean estimate of the bits in the previous pass. This bit error correction is intended to improve the performance of the trellis bit algorithm. Depending on the tolerance to performance loss this bit error correction can be deleted to avoid the relatively small loss in communications capacity due to the anticipated relatively high rate of the bit encoder. 
     The sequencing continues  214  when there is another bit to be processed whereupon the corrected bit estimate from the bit error correction  213  is handed off  216  to the trellis bit algorithm  211  for the next pass. When the next-to-last bit has been estimated and corrected by the bit error correction  213  the algorithm stops the sequencing  212  and hands off the estimated data symbols and metrics  217  to the trellis decoding  215  which implements the trellis error correction decoding  172  in  FIG. 9A , hands off the bit estimates  219  to the receiver for further processing, and returns  218  to the trellis algorithm for the processing of the next data symbol or symbols. Alternatively, the trellis demodulation is completed or partially completed before handing off the data symbol estimates and metrics to the trellis decoding algorithm  215 . 
       FIG. 16  is a flow diagram of an interative trellis bit algorithm wherein the iteration is used to incorporate the effects of the sidelobes of the correlation function into the trellis state transition metric R k (jxi) in  152  in  FIG. 9B  in the non-iterative trellis symbol algorithm with a relatively small increase in computational complexity. In  FIG. 16  the algorithm is initialized with the parameter set in  220  which is the parameter set in  210  in  FIG. 15  with the partitioning of the correlation vector C into the mainlobe vector C 0  plus the sidelobe vector C 1  and adding the specification of the stopping rule for the iterations. For a correlation vector C=[c(0),c(1), . . . , c(n p −1),c(n p ), . . . , c(n c )] consisting of n c  correlation coefficients, the mainlobe vector is C 0 =[c(0),c(1), . . . , c(n p −1),0,0, . . . , 0] and the sidelobe vector is C 1 =[0,0, . . . , 0,c(n p ), . . . , c(n c )] to partition C=C 0 +C 1 . 
     The iterative algorithm starts  221  by implementing the trellis algorithm  171  in  FIG. 9A  with the symbols reduced to the first bits b 0  for the correlation mainlobe using the non-zero C 0  coefficients. Output bit estimates from the trellis bit algorithm  221  are used to calculate the a-priori estimated sidelobe contribution {circumflex over (X)} k|1  in  223  to {circumflex over (X)} k (jxi) which is the hypothesized normalized detected correlated symbol k for the path jxi in the calculation of the metric R k (jxi) in  152  in  FIG. 9B . In this implementation  224  of the trellis algorithm  171  in  FIG. 9A , the {circumflex over (X)} k (jxi)={circumflex over (X)} k|0 (jxi)+{circumflex over (X)} k|1  is the sum of the hypothesized mainlobe contribution {circumflex over (X)} k|0 (jxi) using the non-zero C 0  coefficients as described in  FIG. 9  and the sidelobe constibution {circumflex over (X)} k|1  using the bit estimates from  221  and the non-zero C 1  coefficients and wherein the subscripts “k|0” reads “index k given C 0 ” and “k|1” reads “index k given C 1 ”. From  152  in  FIG. 9B  we find the {circumflex over (X)} k|0 (jxi) is defined by the equation {circumflex over (X)} k|0 (jxi)=c(n p −1) [sr(1)+sr(2n p −1)]+ . . . +c(1) [sr(n p −1)+sr(n p +1)]+c(0) [sr(n p )] which calculates {circumflex over (X)} k|0 (jxi)={circumflex over (X)} k (jxi) in  FIG. 9B  as the correlated weighted sum of the elements of the shift register SR=[sr(1),sr(2), . . . , sr(2n p −1)]′ with {circumflex over (Z)} k =sr(n p ),{circumflex over (Z)} k−1 =sr(n p −1),{circumflex over (Z)} k+1 =sr(n p +1), . . . where c(0)=1, the normalized data symbol estimates {{circumflex over (Z)} k } correspond to the transition index jxi, and the state k estimated symbol {circumflex over (Z)} k  is the SR center element sr(n p ) with correlation coefficient c(0)=1. Symbols(bits) move from left to right starting with “j” with each new received symbol or step in the trellis recursion algorithm, and ending with “i”. With this convention “j” is indexed over the states of sr(1), “x” is indexed over the current states of sr(2), . . . , sr(2n p −2), and “i” is indexed over the states of sr(2n p −1). Index over the paths of the trellis diagram is defined by the equation jxi=sr(1)+n s  sr(2)+n s ^2 sr(3)+ . . . +n s ^(2n p −2) sr(2n p −1)−1=0,1,2, . . . , n s ^(2n p −1)−1 when the contents of the SR elements are the indices corresponding to the assumed data symbol state values. The sidelobe contribution is equal to {circumflex over (X)} k|1 =c(n p ) ({circumflex over (Z)} k−n     p   +{circumflex over (Z)} k+n     p   )+c(n p +1) ({circumflex over (Z)} k−1−n     p   {circumflex over (Z)} k+1+n     p   )+c(n p +2) ({circumflex over (Z)} k−2−n     p   +{circumflex over (Z)} k+2+n     p   )+ . . . until the end of the sidelobe correlation coefficients or the end of the data symbol bit estimates and wherein {circumflex over (Z)} k−n     p    is the data symbol bit estimate in  223  for symbol k−n p . 
     Output of this modified trellis bit algorithm  224  is the set of data symbol bit estimates which are error correction decoded and re-encoded  226  to correct the decisioning errors. A stopping rule in  227  is used to decide if another iteration is required. When another iteration is required the data symbol bit estimates are used  230  to update the calculation  223  of the a-priori contribution {circumflex over (X)} k|1  of the sidelobes to the {circumflex over (X)} k (jxi) in the modified trellis algorithm  224 . With no further iteration the next bit  228  is processed  225  by the trellis bit algorithm  221  whereupon the corrected bit estimate from the bit error correction  226  is used to generate the sidelobes  223  for the trellis bit algorithm  224  to begin the next set of iterations. When the next-to-last bit has been estimates and corrected by the bit error correction  226  and the iteration algorithm completed  227 , the estimated data symbols and metrics are handed off to the trellis error correction decoding  229  which implements the trellis error decoding  172  in  FIG. 9A , hands off the data estimates  232  to the receiver for further processing, and returns  231  to the trellis bit algorithm for processing the next data symbol or symbols when the trellis error correction decoding  229  is interleaved with the trellis demodulation. Alternatively, the trellis demodulation is completed or partially completed before handing off the data symbol estimates and metrics to the trellis decoding algorithm  229 . 
     For step 2 there are several ways to reduce the computational complexity at the expense of some performance loss for the trellis symbol and bit algorithms and the iterative trellis symbol and bit algorithms. A method to reduce computational complexity is to reduce the number of trellis states jx and transition paths jxi in  151 ,  152 ,  153 ,  154  in  FIG. 9B  in the trellis algorithm by eliminating the trellis states and trellis paths in  154  in  FIG. 9B  which have relatively poor values of the path metric α k (jx) used to define the new symbol {circumflex over (Z)} k  and path. A second method to reduced the computational complexity is to reduce the number of trellis states by eliminating the lower correlation values of the sidelobes and mainlobe. A third method to reduce the computational complexity is to modify the iterative algorithm to calculate the forward trellis performance using the forward half of the mainlobe and followed by a backward trellis algorithm using the other half of the mainlobe wherein the trellis algorithm in  FIG. 9  is a forward algorithm and the backward algorithm simply replaces the forward recursive metric equation α k (jx)=α k−1 (xi)+R(jxi) with the backward recursive equation β k−1 (jx)=β k (xi)+R(jxi) and runs the trellis algorithm in reverse by proceeding with k, k−1, k−2, . . . and wherein β k−1 (jx) is the backward state metric used to define the new symbol {circumflex over (Z)} k−1  and path as described in application Ser. No. 10/772,597. A fourth method to reduce the computational complexity it so change the forward-backward algorithm to incorporate techniques to eliminate the trellis state and trellis paths with relatively poor performance metrics. These are examples of the various algorithms for reducing the computational complexity at the expense of reducing the demodulation performance. Sequential demodulation techniques, partial symbol and bit integration over ΔT s  and Δk intervals, and other demodulation techniques are available as potential candidates for QLM demodulation. The present invention is not intended to be limited to these QLM demodulation methods and techniques shown herein but is to be accorded the wider scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein. 
     OFDMA quadrature parallel-layered modulation QLM can increase the data rate either using timing offsets or using frequency offsets or using a combination of both, as the communications parameter which is changed between layers to allow separability of the layers and recovery of the layered transmitted data in the receiver. OFDMA QLM with frequency offsets is implemented in  FIG. 17  in a transmitter and in  FIG. 20  in a receiver. 
       FIG. 17  is a transmitter block diagram modified to support OFDMA QLM with frequency offsets to increase the symbol transmission rate from 1/T s  to the QLM rate n p /T s  and with an increase in transmitter power to support this increased data rate. Ideal OFDMA modulates N input data symbols at the sample rate 1/T s  over the time interval NT s  with an N-point inverse fast fourier transform FFT −1  to generated N harmonic waveforms e^j2nkn/N with each modulated by the corresponding data symbol wherein the normalized frequencies k=0,1, . . . N−1 correspond to channels 0,1, . . . , N−1, “j”=√(−1), “n=pi”, and “n” is a time index,. Data symbol output rates are 1/NT s  per channel and the N channels have a total symbol rate equal to N/NT s =1/T s =B=(Nyquist sample rate). Signal processing starts with the stream of user input data words (d k }  46  with k indexed over the words. Frame processor  47  accepts these data words and performs turbo error correction encoding, error detection cyclic redundant encoding CRC, frame formatting, and passes the outputs to the symbol encoder  48  which encodes the frame data words into data symbols for handover to the OFDMA QLM signal processing. QLM transmits in parallel N received data symbols for each of the n p  FFT −1  signal processing steams. Each set of received N data symbols are offset in frequency by 0, Δk, 2Δk, . . . , (n p −1)Δk with Δk=1/n p  using the normalized frequency index k and are implemented in  49  by the frequency translation operator with FFT −1  time sample index n. Following this frequency translation and FFT −1  signal processing, the output streams of the OFDMA encoded symbols for the n p  frequency offsets are summed  51  and waveform encoded. The output stream of up-sampled complex baseband signal samples  52  {z(t i )} at the digital sample times t i  with digitization index i, is handed over to the digital-to-analog converter DAC, and the DAC output analog signal z(t) is single sideband SSB upconverted  52  to RF and transmitted as the analog signal v(t) wherein v(t) is the real part of the complex baseband signal z(t) at the RF frequency. Non-ideal OFDMA has a separation interval between contiguous FFT −1  data blocks to allow for timing offsets and the rise and fall times of the channelization filter prior to the FFT −1  processing. 
     CDMA quadrature parallel-layered modulation QLM can increase the data rate either using timing offsets or using frequency offsets or using a combination of both, as the communications parameter which is changed between layers to allow separability of the layers and recovery of the layered transmitted data in the receiver. CDMA QLM with frequency offsets is implemented in  FIG. 18  in a transmitter and in  FIG. 21  in a receiver. Using a Hybrid Walsh or a generalized Hybrid Walsh CDMA orthogonal channelization code developed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,277,382 and patent application Ser. No. 09/846,410 localizes the frequency spread of the decoded CDMA signal so that it is feasible to use a trellis algorithm for decoding. With timing offsets the CDMA block codes have to be reshuffled so that the encoded data symbols Z(n(k))=Σ u Z(u)C(u,n(k)) over blocks k=0,1,2, . . . are grouped together for each n to ensure that the timing offsets are not introducing unwanted cross-correlations between CDMA channels. 
       FIG. 18  is a transmitter block diagram modified to support CDMA QLM with frequency offsets to increase the symbol transmission rate from 1/T s  to the QLM rate n p /T s  and to increase the transmitter power level to support this increased data rate. Signal processing starts with the stream of user input data words (d k }  101  with k indexed over the words. Frame processor  102  accepts these data words and performs the turbo error correction encoding, error detection cyclic redundant encoding CRC, frame formatting, and passes the outputs to the symbol encoder  103  which encodes the frame data words into data symbols for handover to the CDMA QLM signal processing. Similar to OFDMA the frequency translation is performed  104  and the output streams of the CDMA encoded  105  symbols for the n p  frequency offsets are summed  106  and waveform encoded and the up-sampled output stream of complex baseband signal samples  107  {z(t i )} at the digital sample times t i  with digitization index i, is handed over to the DAC and the DAC output analog signal z(t) is SSB upconverted  107  to RF and transmitted as the analog signal v(t) wherein v(t) is the real part of the complex baseband signal z(t) at the RF frequency. 
     OWDMA quadrature parallel-layered modulation QLM can increase the data rate either using timing offsets or using frequency offsets or using a combination of both, as the communications parameter which is changed between layers to allow separability of the layers and recovery of the layered transmitted data in the receiver. OWDMA QLM with timing offsets is implemented in  FIG. 19  in a transmitter and in  FIG. 22  in a receiver. OWDMA was developed in patent application Ser. No. 09/826,118. OWDMA generates a uniform bank of orthogonal Wavelet filters with the same spacing and symbol rate as OFDMA and with the advantage that the individual channels remain orthogonal with timing offsets and are less sensitive to frequency offsets. 
       FIG. 19  is a transmitter block diagram modified to support OWDMA QLM with time offsets to increase the symbol transmission rate from 1/T s  to the QLM rate n p /T s  and to increase the transmitter power level to support this increased data rate. Signal processing starts with the stream of user input data words (d k }  111  with k indexed over the words. Frame processor  112  accepts these data words and performs the turbo error correction encoding, error detection cyclic redundant encoding CRC, frame formatting, and passes the outputs to the symbol encoder  113  which encodes the frame data words into data symbols for handover to the OWDMA QLM transmit signal processing. The n p  time delays 0, ΔT s , 2ΔT s , 3ΔT s , . . . , (n p −1)ΔT s  wherein ΔT s =T s /n p , are performed  114  and the output streams of the OWDMA waveform encoded  115  symbols for the n p  time delays are summed  116  and passband waveform encoded and the up-sampled output stream of complex baseband signal samples  117  {z(t i )} at the digital sample times t i  with digitization index i, is handed over to the DAC and the DAC output analog signal z(t) is single sideband SSB upconverted  117  to RF and transmitted as the analog signal v(t) wherein v(t) is the real part of the complex baseband signal z(t) at the RF frequency. 
     Other communications applications include TDMA QLM and FDMA QLM. Frequency hopped FH QLM is a layered QLM modulation with multiple access being provided by the FH on the individual hops. PPM QLM can be layered with QLM similar to QAM when the symbol modulation is replaced by pulse-position-modulation PPM. For GMSK QLM the transmitter is modified by the QLM symbol rate increase. 
       FIG. 20  is a receiver block diagram modified to support OFDMA QLM from the OFDMA QLM transmitter in  FIG. 17 . Receive signal processing for QLM demodulation starts with the wavefronts  54  incident at the receiver antenna for the n u  users u=1, . . . , n u ≦N c  which are combined by addition in the antenna to form the receive Rx signal {circumflex over (v)}(t) at the antenna output  55  where {circumflex over (v)}(t) is an estimate of the transmitted signal v(t)  52  in  FIG. 17  that is received with errors in time Δt, frequency Δf, and phase Δθ. This received signal {circumflex over (v)}(t) is amplified and downconverted to baseband by the analog front end  56 , synchronized (synch.) in time t and frequency f, waveform removed to detect the received QLM signal at the QLM symbol rate, inphase and quadrature detected (I/Q), and analog-to-digital ADC converted  57 . ADC output signal is demultiplexed into n p  parallel signals  58  which are offset in frequency by 0, −Δk, −2Δk, . . . , −(n p −1)Δk wherein Δk=1/n p  and processed by the FFT&#39;s. Outputs are trellis decoded  59  with an algorithm comparable to the algorithm defined in  FIG. 9  for QLM PSK. Outputs are further processed  60 , 61  to recover estimates {circumflex over (d)} k  of the transmitted data d k  with k indexed over the data words. 
       FIG. 21  is a receiver block diagram modified to support CDMA QLM from the CDMA QLM transmitter in  FIG. 18 . Receive signal processing for QLM demodulation starts with the wavefronts  121  incident at the receiver antenna for the n u  users u=1, . . . , n u ≦N c  which are combined by addition in the antenna to form the receive Rx signal {circumflex over (v)}(t) at the antenna output  122  where {circumflex over (v)}(t) is an estimate of the transmitted signal v(t)  107  in  FIG. 18  that is received with errors in time Δt, frequency Δf, and phase Δθ. This received signal {circumflex over (v)}(t) is amplified and downconverted to baseband by the analog front end  123 , synchronized (synch.) in time t and frequency f, waveform removed to detect the received QLM signal at the QLM symbol rate, inphase and quadratue detected (I/Q), and analog-to-digital ADC converted  124 . ADC output signal is demultiplexed into n p  parallel signals  125  which are offset in frequency by 0, Δk, 2Δk, . . . , (n p −1)Δk and processed by the CDMA decoders. Outputs are trellis decoded  126  with an algorithm comparable to the algorithm defined in  FIG. 9  for QLM PSK. Outputs are further processed  127 , 128  to recover estimates of the transmitted data d k  wherein k is indexed over the data words. 
       FIG. 22  is the receiver block diagram modified to support OWDMA QLM from the OWDMA transmitter in  FIG. 19 . Receive signal processing for QLM demodulation starts with the wavefronts  131  incident at the receiver antenna for the n u  users u=1, n u ≦N c  which are combined by addition in the antenna to form the receive Rx signal {circumflex over (v)}(t) at the antenna output  132  where {circumflex over (v)}(t) is an estimate of the transmitted signal v(t)  117  in  FIG. 19  that is received with errors in time Δt, frequency Δf, and phase Δθ. This received signal {circumflex over (v)}(t) is amplified and downconverted to baseband by the analog front end  133 , synchronized (synch.) in time t and frequency f, waveform removed to detect the received QLM signal at the QLM symbol rate, inphase and quadrature detected (I/Q) and analog-to-digital ADC converted  134 . ADC output signal is demultiplexed into n p  parallel signals  135  which are offset in time by 0, ΔT s , 2ΔT s  , . . . , (n p −1)ΔT s  and processed by the OWDMA decoders. Outputs are trellis decoded  136  with an algorithm comparable to the algorithm defined in  FIG. 9  for QLM PSK. Outputs are further processed  137 , 138  to recover estimates {circumflex over (d)} k  of the transmitted data d k  wherein k is indexed over the data words. 
     Consider the QLM modulation and demodulation algorithms and implementation for GMSK. QLM increases the data rate by transmitting n p &gt;1 layers of data encoded Gaussian frequency pulses that are time synchronized for transmission at T s /n p , 2T s /n p , . . . , (n p −1)T s /n p  offsets respectively for layers 2,3, . . . , (n p −1) relative to the ground or 1 st  layer of GMSK. This means the bit-rate increases from 1/T s  to n p /T s  and the bit or symbol time remains the same at T s . The trellis algorithm in  FIG. 9  is combined with the Viterbi algorithm, with suitable modifications to model the architecture of the GMSK demodulator. 
     This patent covers the plurality of everything related to QLM generation, QLM demodulation, and data recovery of QLM and to the corresponding bounds on QLM to all applications of QLM inclusive of theory, teaching, examples, practice, and of implementations for related technologies. The representative transition metric and trellis algorithms for QLM demodulation are examples to illustrate the methodology and validate the performance and are representative of all QLM demodulation algorithms including maximum likelihood ML, maximum a posteriori MAP, maximum a priori, finite field techniques, direct and iterative estimation techniques, trellis symbol and iterativw trellis symbol and with/without simplifications, trellis bit and iterative trellis bit and with/without simplifications and with/without bit error correction coding, and all other related algorithms whose principal function is to recover estimates of the transmitted symbols for QLM parallel layered modulation as well as data recovery related to QLM and the QLM bounds. 
     Preferred embodiments in the previous description of modulation and demodulation algorithms and implementations for QLM for the known modulations and demodulations and for all future modulations and demodulations, are provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. The various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without the use of the inventive faculty. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the wider scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein. Additional applications for QLM signal processing and bound include the plurality of information theorectic applications with examples being radar, imaging, and media processing.