Modulation including zero-power states in 5G and 6G

Non-transitory computer-readable media in a base station of a wireless network, the media containing instructions that when executed in a computing environment cause a method to be performed, the method comprising:

• modulating, according to a modulation scheme, each message element of a message comprising message elements;
• wherein:
• the modulation scheme comprises amplitude modulation including at least a first amplitude level and a second amplitude level, wherein the second amplitude level is substantially zero;
• wherein substantially zero comprises a magnitude of the second amplitude level is at most a predetermined fraction of a magnitude of the first amplitude level;
• and
• wherein the predetermined fraction is in the list of 1%, 2%, 5%, and 10%.

A wireless user device, in signal communication with a base station of a wireless network, the user device configured to:

• receive a demodulation reference and a message, the message comprising message elements, the demodulation reference and the message modulated according to a modulation scheme comprising amplitude modulation;
• determine, according to the demodulation reference, a first amplitude level;
• determine that a first message element of the message comprising message elements is amplitude modulated according to the first amplitude level;
• and
• determine that a second message element is amplitude modulated according to a second amplitude level;
• wherein the second amplitude level is substantially zero, and
• wherein substantially zero comprises a magnitude of the second amplitude level is at most a predetermined fraction in the list of 1%, 2%, 5%, and 10% of a magnitude of the first amplitude level.