Reply by commsignal May 14, 20142014-05-14
>As far as I know CMA for FSK is used as a pre-EQ, it itself doesn't
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>ely remove ISI in the regime of interest. CR Johnson had a nice paper
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> he used CMA for CPFSK/GSM as a pre-conditioner so that a DD-LMS can use
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>e output and have a hope to demodulate the signal.=20
That's always the case. CMA just about brings to the constellation to its original shape (and phase is off too), and then depends on decision direction to do the rest. _____________________________ Posted through www.DSPRelated.com
Reply by julius May 14, 20142014-05-14
On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 10:25:45 PM UTC-4, commsignal wrote:
> This is one of the most classic papers in the field of blind equalization, > and introduces what is now known as CMA (constant modulus algorithm). The > idea was to blindly equalize a constant modulus signal (like 4-QAM) by > minimizing the distance around a circle resulting in dispersion > compensation, and it works completely independently of the phase. It worked > remarkably well with non-constant modulus signals like 16-and higher-QAMs. > Almost used in every practical blind modulator. > > Having said that, does the idea of adjusting the modulus irrespective of > the phase to remove ISI make sense in FSK systems when frequency is > actually the rate of change? I think it should. But I'm not sure.
Yes, we all know this, as should the OP. Considering he/she asked pretty much the same question a few months ago. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.dsp/kqkhsB3Uy-U As far as I know CMA for FSK is used as a pre-EQ, it itself doesn't completely remove ISI in the regime of interest. CR Johnson had a nice paper where he used CMA for CPFSK/GSM as a pre-conditioner so that a DD-LMS can use the output and have a hope to demodulate the signal. One can go to the trouble of considering either coherent or noncoherent FSK, depending on the tone/symbol spacing, write out the signal space, and see whether CMA makes sense in and by itself. But beyond that point the full answer really depends on the intention of the work: to get a system working, or to write a report, or to publish a paper, etc.?
Reply by glen herrmannsfeldt May 14, 20142014-05-14
robert bristow-johnson <rbj@audioimagination.com> wrote:

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> would "4-QAM" be something similar to QPSK and, when you toss in the > "constant modulus", you get OQPSK as in > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-shift_keying#Offset_QPSK_.28OQPSK.29 > ? you can stay on the circle (constant modulus) and move between the > different paired bits with a minimum of movement around the circle with > OQPSK.
Seems to me that the idea of QAM is that you change both amplitude and phase. (So maybe it should be PAM.) (I suppose I believe that QAM better describes the chrominance subcarrier for NTSC, where it is the sum of two quadrature carries, amplitude modulated with carrier supressed.) For QAM, they like to draw the constellation of phase and amplitude, so it should be possible to figure out the optimal (except for absolute phase) combination for a given number of points. Think of it as a 2D circle packing problem. How many circles (phase amplitude combinations) before you want different amplitudes. Seems to me that it might be 5 or 6. -- glen
Reply by commsignal May 14, 20142014-05-14
>would "4-QAM" be something similar to QPSK and, when you toss in the >"constant modulus", you get OQPSK as in >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-shift_keying#Offset_QPSK_.28OQPSK.29 >? you can stay on the circle (constant modulus) and move between the >different paired bits with a minimum of movement around the circle with >OQPSK. > >-- > >r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com > >"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Yes. 4-QAM = QPSK. However the application of this algorithm was not to keep the modulus constant like in OQPSK. It's just the nature of the work it does that this name was given. _____________________________ Posted through www.DSPRelated.com
Reply by robert bristow-johnson May 14, 20142014-05-14
On 5/13/14 10:25 PM, commsignal wrote:
> This is one of the most classic papers in the field of blind equalization, > and introduces what is now known as CMA (constant modulus algorithm). The > idea was to blindly equalize a constant modulus signal (like 4-QAM) by > minimizing the distance around a circle
would "4-QAM" be something similar to QPSK and, when you toss in the "constant modulus", you get OQPSK as in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-shift_keying#Offset_QPSK_.28OQPSK.29 ? you can stay on the circle (constant modulus) and move between the different paired bits with a minimum of movement around the circle with OQPSK. -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Reply by robert bristow-johnson May 14, 20142014-05-14
On 5/13/14 3:53 PM, gyansorova@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, May 12, 2014 9:28:29 AM UTC+12, robert bristow-johnson wrote: >> On 5/11/14 3:49 PM, gyansorova@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> On Monday, May 12, 2014 1:29:59 AM UTC+12, robert bristow-johnson wrote: >> >>>> On 5/11/14 12:12 AM, gyansorova@gmail.com wrote: >>>>> That's an IEEE Coms transactions paper - won't be rubbish. >> >>>> no IEEE Transactions are rubbish? >>> They can be irrelevant but full Transactions papers are rarely if ever rubbish. >> >> so, how many irrelevant objects are there in your life that are not rubbish? >> >>> very hard to get published. >> >> that may be, but there are lotsa reasons IEEE Transactions are so >> exclusive (but as each new Transaction is created, it becomes less so), >> and not all have to do with the quality of scholarship. there's a lotta >> mutual backscratching among academics going on there. >> > Well there are a lot of very sophisticated channel models out there which very few if any real engineers would ever consider using for example. A mountain of Ph.Ds. so I might call them irrelevant. I had a friend who said that if its in a textbook then it's either Elementary,Irrelevant or Wrong!
well, i wouldn't agree with your friend. textbooks ain't the same as journals. hopefully, things get digested a bit more before they're canonized into a decent textbook. textbooks may be a little behind the curve, but i don't think it hurts any DSPer to know the fundamentals in O&S. -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Reply by commsignal May 13, 20142014-05-13
This is one of the most classic papers in the field of blind equalization,
and introduces what is now known as CMA (constant modulus algorithm). The
idea was to blindly equalize a constant modulus signal (like 4-QAM) by
minimizing the distance around a circle resulting in dispersion
compensation, and it works completely independently of the phase. It worked
remarkably well with non-constant modulus signals like 16-and higher-QAMs.
Almost used in every practical blind modulator.

Having said that, does the idea of adjusting the modulus irrespective of
the phase to remove ISI make sense in FSK systems when frequency is
actually the rate of change? I think it should. But I'm not sure.	 

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Reply by May 13, 20142014-05-13
On Monday, May 12, 2014 9:28:29 AM UTC+12, robert bristow-johnson wrote:
> On 5/11/14 3:49 PM, gyansorova@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Monday, May 12, 2014 1:29:59 AM UTC+12, robert bristow-johnson wrote: > > >> On 5/11/14 12:12 AM, gyansorova@gmail.com wrote: > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> That's an IEEE Coms transactions paper - won't be rubbish. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> no IEEE Transactions are rubbish? > > >> > > >> > > > > > > They can be irrelevant but full Transactions papers are rarely if ever rubbish. > > > > so, how many irrelevant objects are there in your life that are not rubbish? > > > > > very hard to get published. > > > > that may be, but there are lotsa reasons IEEE Transactions are so > > exclusive (but as each new Transaction is created, it becomes less so), > > and not all have to do with the quality of scholarship. there's a lotta > > mutual backscratching among academics going on there. > > > > > > -- > >
Well there are a lot of very sophisticated channel models out there which very few if any real engineers would ever consider using for example. A mountain of Ph.Ds. so I might call them irrelevant. I had a friend who said that if its in a textbook then it's either Elementary,Irrelevant or Wrong!
Reply by julius May 12, 20142014-05-12
IEEE Transaction papers, at least in Signal Proc and Comms (and their many many many many many different journals) are almost always technically correct. Sometimes they are interesting and relevant. Rarely they are groundbreaking. 

The ability to quickly and efficiently go through the chaff to find the few good ones qualify as "technical expertise". I call it "job security". 
Reply by julius May 12, 20142014-05-12
On Friday, May 9, 2014 1:16:36 AM UTC-4, mite_learner wrote:
> I am studying on equalization for Frequency Shift Keying. I want to know if > following paper can be used for equalization of FSK system >
Before I invest more time in trying to help you, what is the context in which you are asking for help? Are you doing a homework assignment? A project for a class? Project for a job?
> "Self-Recovering Equalization and Carrier Tracking in Two-Dimensional Data > Communication Systems " > > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1094608&tag=1 >
Can I ask why you chose a paper from 1980 that has everything to do with QAM and nothing to do with FSK? And really nothing to do with the four FSK system you mention below?
> Data rate 500kbps, four FSK system.
Is this based on an existing commercial system, if so, which one. Do you have control over the modulation? Coherent FSK or non-coherent? What's the tone spacing? What is the environment for which this system is supposed to work? When you say you have ISI, how much exactly? What's the profile, does it change much? How do you know you are limited by ISI and not by other factors? On which platform do you intend to implement the receiver? Regards, Julius