Performance Analysis of Hybrid Phase Shift Keying over Generalized Nakagami Fading Channels

In addition to the benefits of hybrid phase shift keying (HPSK) modulation in reducing the peak to average power ratio of the transmitted signal to reduce the zero cross- ings and the 0?-degree phase transmissions, HPSK enhances the bit error rate (BER) measure of the signal performance. The constellation of the HPSK is analyzed, and an expression for the conditional probability of HPSK modulation over additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) is derived. This BER measure of HPSK is shown to outperform quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation. HPSK performance through Nakagami - m fading channel is also considered.