鐘嘉德教授長期針對矩形脈波OFDM及衍生訊號,發展頻域預編碼技術以實施全頻域旁帶抑制,已成功建立頻域域編碼理論體系、為OFDM及衍生訊號(如OFDMA、MC-CDMA、Constant-Envelope OFDM、SC-FDMA、OTFS、ATSM)建立基頻旁帶抑制技術。主要原理為將OFDM及衍生訊號的資料符元於頻域透過線性方式組合,以導入資料符元的關聯性,進而產生多載波訊號的頻譜緊密及旁帶衰落。於國際通訊理論學界首先提出頻域預編碼正交分頻多工(SP-OFDM)、頻域預編碼正交時頻間隔(SP-OTFS)等系統,詳細內容已以論文型式發表於IEEE Trans. Commun.、IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun、IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol..期刊論文共16篇及IEEE 會議論文逾18篇,並獲與日俱增的引用。其中,頻域預編碼OFDM系統除了可以套用現行的OFDM的標準系統規格,還可以提供非常快速的功率頻譜旁帶衰落,亦即可提供更高的頻譜效率。此外,對於相鄰頻帶的信號所造成的干擾,也獲致大幅度的降低,因此可改良OFDM於多重接取通訊應用,極具實用潛力。為了發揮在未來高移動通訊系統中頻譜預編碼的價值,鐘教授持續的投注心力於與頻譜預編碼相關的OTFS、OTSM、ATSM系統設計課題,其中包括:帶有相關性資料的頻譜預編碼、多重輸入多重輸出傳輸、多重接取通訊、封均值降低方法、訊號初始同步、整合感通、與隨機接取導航訊號偵測。鐘教授深信頻譜預編碼技術的導入,將有助於同時提升高移動通訊系統的功率效率及頻譜效率,而且可激發新穎的多載波通訊的研究方向。
In recent years, Prof. Char-Dir Chung has been fully devoted to the academice reseacrh on digital modulation theories. By introducing correlation among data symbols in frequency domain, Prof. Chung has proposed several spectrally-precoded multicarrier modulation schemes in OFDM, OFDMA, OTFS, SC-FDMA, multicarrier CDMA, constant-envelope OFDM, and ATSM systems. These schemes are important in that they not only reshape the power spectrum of the rectangularly pulsed multicarrier signal to exhibit very small power spectral sidelobes and thus high spectrum compactness, but also permit implementation and analysis with ease. Because of the desirable characteristic of high spectral compactness, these schemes are very promising for use in future broadband communications. In order to exploit the use of spectral precoding as a valuable element in future systems, Prof. Chung is progressively working toward the following advanced subjects regarding the interaction of spectral precoding with other important system functions in multicarrier communication systems. These issues include spectral precoding on correlated data, multiple-input multiple-output transmission, peak-to-average power ratio reduction, channel estimation, block decoding, multiple-access communication, initial synchronization, integrated sensing and communication, and random-access preamble detection. The studies in these lines of research will advance the knowledge of spectrally-precoded multicarrier modulations.