The effects of phase noise on trellis coded modulation over Gaussian and fading channels

In this paper, error performance bounds are derived for 8-PSK trellis coded modulation (TCM) over Gaussian and fading channels in the presence of phase noise. Coherent demodulation combined with both phase-locked loop (PLL) and transparent tone in band technique (TTIB) for phase recovery is assumed. The analysis is then applied to a number of Ungerboeck 8-PSK trellis codes and the results for the bit error rate (BER) performance, obtained both analytically and by Monte Carlo simulation, are presented. The derived bounds can be directly extended to any M-PSK trellis code.<
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