Differentially Coherent Detection of QASK for Frequency-Hopping Systems - Part I: Performance in the Presence of a Gaussian Noise Environment

In this paper the concept of differentially coherent detection of differentially phase-encoded QASK signals (DQASK) is described, and a receiver structure proposed. The remainder of the paper analyzes the performance of DQASK in the presence of a Gaussian noise environment with comparisons made to coherent detection of QASK.