A matched nonlinearity for phase estimation of a PSK-modulated carrier

  • Authors:
  • B E Paden

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • Year:
  • 1986

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Abstract

A nonlinear phase estimator for a phase-shift keyed (PSK)-modulated carrier has been developed by Viterbi and Viterbi. Their analysis is extended, and an optimal or "matched" nonlinearity is derived for the estimator.