Starlink Analysis – Supplement(7):Modulation, Coding, and Bit-Level Processing

I continued reading the Starlink patent US12003350 and summarized the information related to modulation and channel coding. The patent was filed in early 2021, so readers should consider its timeliness accordingly. Starlink supports the following modulation schemes: BPSK QPSK 8-QAM 16-QAM 32-QAM 64-QAM Unlike Wi-Fi and LTE, Starlink includes 8-QAM and 32-QAM. A possible reason is that satellite…