Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (OQPSK) like QPSK transmits two bits per symbol. However, because of the offset on the quadrature component there are two transitions per symbol. Does this not double the bandwidth of each symbol, leading OQPSK to be more similar to BPSK in terms of spectral efficiency? This would make it 1 bit/s per Hz?
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The spectral efficiency is the same as QPSK.
Consider the I and Q streams separately. Each has a certain bandwidth $B$. Shifting or delaying the stream does not change its bandwidth. So, shifting one of the streams relative to the other does not affect the overall bandwidth.
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$\begingroup$ The I and Q signals are modulated separately and summed together (in this case, in quadrature with each other.) Summing two signals is never going to have a multiplicative effect on their bandwidth... the two signals just overlap each other. So the bandwidth has to be the same as the I or Q component by itself. Correct? $\endgroup$– Chris_FFeb 9 at 2:57
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