Hi all,
I’ve spent a few days familiarizing myself with gr-trellis as best as I
can, and I’m interested in extending the gr-trellis module to handle
Viterbi equalization of ISI channels for GMSK demodulation. I saw Toby
Oliver’s thread in Sept. '06
(http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg05615.html)
discussing a possible modification with Achilleas A. but
never saw anything checked in as a result. I’m just looking to use the
trellis code to demodulate low-BT GMSK in a more optimal way than the
current Gnuradio implementation, and I have similar questions to Toby’s:
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How should I go about modifying make_isi_lookup() to add support for
two-dimensional modulations? What format is trellis expecting? -
I see the test_viterbi_equalization1.py file, which appears to do MLSD
on an ISI channel for 4-PAM (and other one-dimensional modulations). Am
I correct that if make_isi_lookup() is modified to support quadrature
modulations, simply changing the modulation type in this example would
be enough to make it work? I guess I’m asking more specifically if
trellis.viterbi_combined_X will support an ISI lookup table for PSK
modulations without modification. -
Is there a good reason I should avoid tackling this problem? I’d hate
to be duplicating someone else’s work in this area, or barking up the
wrong tree.
For further information, I’ve written a packet-based AIS decoder for
Gnuradio, and I’m disappointed at the quality of the data coming out of
the GMSK demodulator. It’s 9600 symbols per second @ BT=0.3, so there’s
enough ISI that I think MLSD would provide significant reduction in
observed BER. Besides, it seems like it would be a useful capability to
have added to Gnuradio. Any other tips anyone has that might help me in
doing this would certainly be welcome!
Nick