학술논문

FPGA implementation of BPSK modem for telemetry systems operating in noisy environments
Document Type
Conference
Source
2011 Proceedings of the 34th International Convention MIPRO MIPRO, 2011 Proceedings of the 34th International Convention. :1727-1731 May, 2011
Subject
Computing and Processing
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Demodulation
Field programmable gate arrays
Binary phase shift keying
Synchronization
Mathematical model
Finite impulse response filter
Bit error rate
telemetry systems
BPSK modulation
coherent /incoherent demodulation
symbol synchronization
Language
Abstract
BPSK modulation is widely used approach in industrial telemetry systems for digital communication over noisy channels due to inherent high noise immunity and low bit-error rate (BER). The most critical part of the BPSK modem implementation in a programmable digital system is the design of demodulator part. We studied characteristics and trade-offs for two commonly used approaches to the BPSK demodulator implementation, which are both suitable for efficient field-programmable gate array (FPGA) implementation: the incoherent BPSK demodulator, based on the complex product demodulation, and the coherent BPSK demodulator, based on the carrier synchronization using internal phase-lock loop (PLL) (Costas Loop) and numerically controlled oscillator (NCO). We employed correlation filter and integrator for symbol synchronization. We compared overall characteristics for both approaches, in terms of robustness in noisy environments and FPGA implementation complexity.