Signal sets matched to groups

Recently, linear codes over Z/sub M/ (the ring of integers mod M) have been presented that are matched to M-ary phase modulation. The general problem of matching signal sets to generalized linear algebraic codes is addressed based on these codes. A definition is given for the notion of matching. It is shown that any signal set in N-dimensional Euclidean space that is matched to an abstract group is essentially what D. Slepian (1968) called a group code for the Gaussian channel. If the group is commutative, this further implies that any such signal set is equivalent to coded phase modulation with linear codes over Z/sub M/. Some further results on such signal sets are presented, and the signal sets matched to noncommutative groups and the linear codes over such groups are discussed. >

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