{"title":"Convolutional coding for a phase modulated FCMA system","authors":"R. Boreli, K. Yates","doi":"10.1109/ISSSTA.1994.379579","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The paper investigates the benefits of non-binary convolutional coding applied to a phase modulated frequency COMB94 multiple access (PFCMA) system. PFCMA is a novel multiple access technique proposed for very small aperture terminal (VSAT) satellite communications networks which encompasses multi-tone transmission with spread spectrum techniques. Previous work (Boreli and Yates, 1993) analysed the PFCMA error performance and indicated a need for error correction coding in order to improve the power efficiency. Non-binary convolutional codes with matching symbol size were chosen to fully exploit the benefits of soft decision decoding. The present authors present a study of coded system performance and illustrate it with a number of examples.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":158358,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE 3rd International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications (ISSSTA'94)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of IEEE 3rd International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications (ISSSTA'94)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSSTA.1994.379579","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The paper investigates the benefits of non-binary convolutional coding applied to a phase modulated frequency COMB94 multiple access (PFCMA) system. PFCMA is a novel multiple access technique proposed for very small aperture terminal (VSAT) satellite communications networks which encompasses multi-tone transmission with spread spectrum techniques. Previous work (Boreli and Yates, 1993) analysed the PFCMA error performance and indicated a need for error correction coding in order to improve the power efficiency. Non-binary convolutional codes with matching symbol size were chosen to fully exploit the benefits of soft decision decoding. The present authors present a study of coded system performance and illustrate it with a number of examples.<>