Returns a raised cosine (RC) pulse shape.

Parameters:¶

alpha: float¶

The excess bandwidth \(0 \le \alpha \le 1\) of the filter.

span: int¶

The length of the filter in symbols. The length of the filter is span * sps + 1 samples. The filter order span * sps must be even.

sps: int¶

The number of samples per symbol.

Returns:¶

The raised cosine pulse shape with unit energy.

References¶

• Michael Rice, Digital Communications: A Discrete Time Approach, Appendix A.

Examples¶

In [1]: h_0p1 = sdr.raised_cosine(0.1, 8, 10); \
   ...: h_0p5 = sdr.raised_cosine(0.5, 8, 10); \
   ...: h_0p9 = sdr.raised_cosine(0.9, 8, 10);
   ...: 

In [2]: plt.figure(figsize=(8, 4)); \
   ...: sdr.plot.impulse_response(h_0p1, label=r"$\alpha = 0.1$"); \
   ...: sdr.plot.impulse_response(h_0p5, label=r"$\alpha = 0.5$"); \
   ...: sdr.plot.impulse_response(h_0p9, label=r"$\alpha = 0.9$")
   ...: 

See the Pulse shapes example.