Results of optimal discrete pulse shaping for MSK-type signals

This paper presents the results of discrete bandwidth optimizations used on minimum shift keying (MSK)-type signals. Bandwidth-optimal pulse shaping achieves maximum spectral confinement with respect to given confinement frequencies and given levels of allowable modulated signal envelope nonuniformity. This paper presents a family of design curves defining optimal confinement with respect to confinement frequency and the level of modulated signal amplitude modulation (AM).