INVESTIGATIONS OF ADVANCED ANALOG COMMUNICATIONS TECHNIQUES.

Abstract

This report presents the results, obtained by analytical investigations and by computer simulation, of studies of advanced techniques upon which the design of improved analog communication systems may be based. It includes the derivation of the optimal operations to be performed in the least mean-square error estimation of the modulation function in an FM communications system. Relationships between phase-locked loop demodulation and maximum-likelihood estimation of anglemodulated signals are developed. It is shown that a physically realizable phase-locked loop followed by an infinite-delay linear filter can perform the operations specified for the infinite-delay maximum likelihood estimator. Phase-locked loop demodulators for both PM and FM modulated signals are analyzed by the quasilinearization technique. It is shodn that analog computer simulation of phase-locked loop demodulators based on low frequency equivalent circuits, which contain a sinusoidal nonlinearity, is a practical means for the investigation of sumay be attained by simultaneous use of pre-transmission and post-detection filtering is examined. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0613703

Entities

People

  • Harold D. Becker
  • John G. Lawton
  • Ting T. Chang

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analog Computers
  • Communication Systems
  • Communications Techniques
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Demodulation
  • Demodulators
  • Equivalent Circuits
  • Estimators
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimation
  • Modulation
  • Multiplexing
  • Simulations
  • Simulators

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.