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Digital Communication

Digital Modulation

Digital Modulation Overview ASK Modulation FSK Modulation BPSK Modulation QPSK Modulation QAM Basics Constellation Diagrams M-ary Modulation MSK Modulation GMSK Modulation OFDM Basics Differential PSK OQPSK Power Spectral Density

Baseband Transmission

Baseband Transmission Basics NRZ Line Coding RZ Line Coding Manchester Encoding AMI Line Coding HDB3 and B8ZS Inter Symbol Interference Nyquist Criterion Eye Diagram Matched Filter Equalization Basics Correlative Coding Scrambling Techniques

Information Theory

Information Theory Basics Source Entropy Joint and Conditional Entropy Mutual Information Channel Capacity Shannon Limit BSC Channel BEC Channel Differential Entropy

Source Coding

Source Coding Theorem Huffman Coding Shannon-Fano Coding Lempel-Ziv Coding Run Length Encoding Arithmetic Coding Lossy vs Lossless

Error Control

Error Control Basics Linear Block Codes Hamming Code Cyclic Codes Convolutional Codes Viterbi Decoding Turbo Codes LDPC Codes Trellis Coded Modulation Interleaving BCH Codes Reed-Solomon Codes

Spread Spectrum

Spread Spectrum Intro PN Sequences Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum Rake Receiver Synchronization

Multiple Access

Multiple Access Techniques CDMA Details OFDMA SDMA CSMA/CD and CA

Other Topics

MIMO Technology Beamforming 5G New Radio Software Defined Radio Cognitive Radio

Other Subjects

Analog Electronics Digital Electronics Signals & Systems Control Systems Electromagnetic Theory Analog Communication Network Analysis Microprocessors VLSI Design Verilog HDL Power Electronics Embedded Systems DSP Electronic Devices

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M-ary Modulation

M-PSK, M-QAM, symbol rate vs bit rate, trade-offs.

Updated: 19 March 2026

11 min read

M-ary Modulation Quiz

Test your knowledge of M-PSK, M-QAM trade-offs and symbol-to-bit rate relationships.

Question 1 of 3

Q1.A system transmits at a bit rate of 48 Mbps using 64-QAM. What is the symbol rate (baud rate)?

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Digital Modulation Overview

Coherent vs non-coherent, power vs bandwidth efficiency.

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QAM Basics

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, 16-QAM, 64-QAM constellations.

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QPSK Modulation

Quadrature PSK, 2 bits/symbol, bandwidth efficiency.

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BPSK Modulation

Binary phase shift keying, constellation, BER = Q(sqrt(2Eb/N0)).

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GMSK Modulation

Gaussian MSK, pulse shaping, GSM standard usage.

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Constellation Diagrams