Partially coherent detection of continuous phase chirp (CPCM) signals

Abstract

This paper treats the partially coherent detection of continuous phase chirp modulation (CPCM) signals. The optimum partially coherent receiver structures are described. Suboptimum receivers are also described and the corresponding bounds on error rate are calculated for optimum signal parameters. The optimum signal parameters are obtained for each degree of channel coherency by using a search program for the error probability versus the signal parameters.