- What is trellis encoding?
- Why trellis coded modulation is required?
- What are the advantages of trellis codes?
What is trellis encoding?
Trellis coded modulation (TCM) combines modulation and encoding processes to achieve better efficiency without increasing the bandwidth. Bandwidth-constrained channels operate in the region R / W > 1, where R = data rate and W = bandwidth available.
Why trellis coded modulation is required?
The basic idea underlying Trellis-Coded Modulation (TCM) is to use a convolutional code to generate the redundancy necessary to achieve a coding gain, while preventing bandwidth expansion by increasing the size of the constellation rather than the number of transmitted symbols.
What are the advantages of trellis codes?
Trellis coding offers a means of increasing data rate without increasing transmitted bandwidth. This is ideally suited to experimental verification. The gain is achieved with multi-level, multi-phase signalling.