One more thing Vladimir, the checking for all the possible phases
would be good in case my whole burst has a continuous rotation. In
case of cycle slip, half of the burst will be on different phase
offset while other half will be on different. Isnt it?

Aitezaz

Thanks Vladimir for your reply

> This tells that your carrier recovery algorithm is not working properly.
> The cycle slips should not happen until the demodulated data is
> completely unusable.
Yeah. And I face this only on low SNRs. Like this behavior I observe
with SNR < 10 and that too randomly and not every time i simulate. On
higher SNRs there is no cycle slips. So still you think my carrier
recovery has some problem?

> If your coding is not rotationaly invariant, then you can attempt the
> decoding for every possible phase and select the phase which has the
> best metrics.

If you can suggest some starting material for rotationaly invariant
coding I would be very thankful to you. For your reference, I need to
build pragmatic 8TCM. So, if I can solve this problem in the viterbi
decoder please suggest.

Thanks again for your time.

Aitezaz wrote:

> Hi all,
> I am using Viterbi and Viterbi algorithm for estimating phase of the
> carrier in a 8psk demodulator. I am facing problem relating to cycle
> slips and observing that half of my burst is demodulated correctly and
> the rest of the burst has a constant phase offset.

This tells that your carrier recovery algorithm is not working properly. 
The cycle slips should not happen until the demodulated data is 
completely unusable.

> My training symbol
> is able to correct the phase offset in the section before cycle slip.
> I have tried to find out the cycle slip correction algorithms for this
> but all I found on ieeexplore is BER analysis and expression for
> probability of cycle slips. Does there exist any cycle slip correction
> algorithm for psk demodulators at all? Please guide.

If your coding is not rotationaly invariant, then you can attempt the 
decoding for every possible phase and select the phase which has the 
best metrics.


Vladimir Vassilevsky
DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant
http://www.abvolt.com

Hi all,
I am using Viterbi and Viterbi algorithm for estimating phase of the
carrier in a 8psk demodulator. I am facing problem relating to cycle
slips and observing that half of my burst is demodulated correctly and
the rest of the burst has a constant phase offset. My training symbol
is able to correct the phase offset in the section before cycle slip.
I have tried to find out the cycle slip correction algorithms for this
but all I found on ieeexplore is BER analysis and expression for
probability of cycle slips. Does there exist any cycle slip correction
algorithm for psk demodulators at all? Please guide.

Aitezaz