De Comunicaciones Electronicas 4ta Edicion Wayne Tomasi34: Solucionario Sistemas

5.1 Explain the difference between coherent and noncoherent digital modulation.

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The propagation constant is given by:

Coherent digital modulation uses a reference carrier signal at the receiver to detect the transmitted signal, while noncoherent digital modulation does not use a reference carrier signal.

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