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# comm.QPSKModulator System object

Package: comm

Modulate using QPSK method

## Description

The QPSKModulator object modulates using the quaternary phase shift keying method. The output is a baseband representation of the modulated signal.

To modulate a signal using quaternary phase shift keying:

1. Define and set up your QPSK modulator object. See Construction.

2. Call step to modulate the signal according to the properties of comm.QPSKModulator. The behavior of step is specific to each object in the toolbox.

## Construction

H = comm.QPSKModulator creates a modulator System object™, H. This object modulates the input signal using the quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) method.

H = comm.QPSKModulator(Name,Value) creates a QPSK modulator object, H, with each specified property set to the specified value. You can specify additional name-value pair arguments in any order as (Name1,Value1,...,NameN,ValueN).

H = comm.QPSKModulator(PHASE,Name,Value) creates a QPSK modulator object, H. This object has the PhaseOffset property set to PHASE and the other specified properties set to the specified values.

## Properties

 PhaseOffset Phase of zeroth point in constellation Specify the phase offset of the zeroth point in the constellation, in radians, as a real scalar value. The default is pi/4. BitInput Assume bit inputs Specify whether the input is bits or integers. The default is false. When you set this property to true, the step method input must be a column vector of bit values. This vector must have a length that is an integer multiple of 2. This vector contains bit representations of integers between 0 and 3. When you set this property to false, the step method input must be a column vector of integer symbol values between 0 and 3. SymbolMapping Constellation encoding Specify how the object maps an integer or a group of two input bits to the corresponding symbol as one of Binary | Gray. The default is Gray. When you set this property to Gray, the object uses a Gray-encoded signal constellation. When you set this property to Binary, the input integer m, between $0\le m\le 3$, maps to the complex value exp(j$×$PhaseOffset + j$×$2$×$$\pi ×m}{4}$). OutputDataType Data type of output Specify the output data type as one of double | single | Custom. The default is double.

## Methods

 clone Create QPSK modulator object with same property values constellation Calculate or plot ideal signal constellation getNumInputs Number of expected inputs to step method getNumOutputs Number of outputs from step method isLocked Locked status for input attributes and nontunable properties release Allow property value and input characteristics changes step Modulate using QPSK method

## Examples

Modulate data using QPSK, and visualize the data in a scatter plot.

``` % Create binary data for 48, 2-bit symbols
data = randi([0 1],96,1);
% Create a QPSK modulator System object with bits as inputs and Gray-coded signal constellation
hModulator = comm.QPSKModulator('BitInput',true);
% Change the phase offset to pi/16
hModulator.PhaseOffset = pi/16;
% Modulate and plot the data
modData = step(hModulator, data);
scatterplot(modData)
```

## Algorithms

This object implements the algorithm, inputs, and outputs described on the QPSK Modulator Baseband block reference page. The object properties correspond to the block parameters.