APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HIERARCHICAL MODULATION AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HIERARCHICAL DEMODULATION

摘要

An apparatus for hierarchical modulation generates a first hierarchical symbol sequence by mapping a first hierarchical bit sequence corresponding to an information bit sequence into a bit position in a first signal constellation according to a first modulation method. Further, the apparatus for hierarchical modulation generates a second hierarchical symbol sequence by mapping a second hierarchical bit sequence corresponding to an additional information bit sequence into a bit position in a second signal constellation according to a second modulation method and then phase-rotating the second hierarchical bit sequence as much as the phase of each first hierarchical symbol. The apparatus for hierarchical modulation generates a hierarchical modulating symbol sequence by adding up symbols in the generated second hierarchical symbol sequence and symbols in the first hierarchical symbol sequence.