Communication Digital Modulation
Communication Digital Modulation
S S
I B log 2 1 or I 3.32 B log 10 1
N N
I = information capacity (bps)
B= Bandwidth (Hz)
S/N= signal to noise power ratio (unitless)
Example 1
For a standard telephone circuit of 30dB and a bandwidth of
2.7kHz, compute the Shannon limit for information capacity.
Solution.
Bandwidth, B=2.7kHz
Signal to noise power ratio, S/N (unitless) = 1000
S
I 3.32 B log 10 1
N
= 3.32 x 2700 x log10(1+1000)
= 26.7 kbps.
• This indicates that 26.7 kbps can be propagated through 2.7kHz
channel.
• BUT, it cannot be done with a binary system.
Channel capacity; S
I 3.32 B log 10 1
N
996 log (1 1.995)
10
474.64 bps
Example 3
Determine the channel capacity for teleprompter channel
with 380 Hz bandwidth and a signal to noise ratio of 40
dBm.
S
C B log 2 1
Solution : N
N log 2 M 2N M
For example,
number of bits necessary • 1 bit, 21 = 2 conditions are
possible.
number of conditions,
• 2 bit, 22 = 4 conditions are
level or combinations
possible.
possible with N bits.
• 3 bit, 23 = 8 conditions are
possible.
Baud
refers to the rate of change of a signal on the
transmission medium after encoding and modulation
have occurred.
Is a unit of transmission rate, modulation rate or symbol
rate
Unit in symbol per second & baud.
Is transmitted once at a time
However, a baud may be represent
more than one information bit. 1
Hence, the baud of a data baud
ts
communications systems may
be considerably less than the symbol rate
bit rate. (baud per time of one signalling
second) element (seconds)
Baud
Capacity, C = N X B (bits/sec)
Solution:
fb fb
B
2 log 2 M 2 N
M-ary Encoding
M – represent digit that corresponds to the number of
condition/levels for a given number of binary variables
Number of bits necessary to produce a given number of
condition can be expressed as :
N log 2 M or 2 M N
v (t ) V sin (2 . f t )
Digital modulation can then be defined as the process whereby the
amplitude, frequency, phase or a combination of them is varied in
accordance with the information to be transmitted
A scheme that uses:
amplitude is called ASK (Amplitude Shift Keying)
frequency is called FSK (Frequency Shift Keying)
phase is called PSK (Phase Shift Keying)
Digital Data, Analog Signal
Mainly use is public telephone system
has frequencies range of 300Hz to 3400Hz
use modem (modulator-demodulator)
MODEM ( short for modulator-demodulator) is an electronic device that
converts a computer’s digital signals into specific frequencies to travel over
telephone or cable television lines.
At the destination, the receiving modem demodulates the frequencies back
into digital data.
Amplitude-Shift Keying (ASK)
Binary information (a sequence of pulses) signal directly modulates the
amplitude of an analog carrier
Sometimes called digital amplitude modulation (DAM) or on-off keying
(OOK) modulation.
Mathematically expressed as: v( ask) t 1 vm t A coswc t
2
si (t ) A cos( 2f i t ), 1 i M
where
f i f c ( 2i 1 M ) f d
f c the carrier frequency
f d the difference frequency
M number of different signal elements 2 L
L number of bits per signal element
Multiple FSK (MFSK)
MFSK signal:
si (t ) A cos( 2f i t ), 1 i M
where
f i f c ( 2i 1 M ) f d
M number of different signal elements 2 L
L number of bits per signal element
Period of signal element(Baud)
Ts LTb , Ts : signal element period Tb :bit period
Wd M (2 f d ) 2Mf d
Example – Figure shows an example of MFSK with M = 4.
An input bit streams of 20 bits is encoded 2 bits at a time, with each of the four
possible 2-bit combinations transmitted as a different frequency.
The display in the figure shows the frequency transmitted (y-axis) as a function of
time (x-axis).
Each column represents a time Ts in which a single 2-bit signal element is
transmitted.
The shaded rectangle in the column indicates the frequency transmitted during that
time unit.
Note: fd = ∆f
FSK is less susceptible to errors than ASK –receiver is
looking for specific frequency changes over a number of
intervals, so voltage (noise) spikes can be ignored.
Disadvantage – requires higher BW (the actual increase
depends on the 2 frequencies)
The higher the freq and the more they change from each
other, the wider the BW required.
Exercise 2
Determine the bandwidth and baud for an FSK signal with a
mark frequency of 32kHz, a space frequency of 24kHz
and a bit rate of 4kbs.
f m f s BW f s f b f m f b
f
2 f s fm 2 fb
fb 2f f b
Baud fb
N
Binary -Phase Shift Keying (BPSK)
or Phase-Shift Keying
If M =2, the scheme is called Binary PSK and the phase switches between
2 values, 0 and Π(180 degrees)
Other name of BPSK is phase reversal keying (PRK) and bi-phase
modulation
With BPSK = 2 phases are possible for the carrier : logic 0 and logic 1
In PSK, the phase of the carrier is shifted to represent data.
Uses two phases (0 and 180°) to represent the two binary digits.
The resulting transmitted signal for one bit time is:
Bandwidth consideration for BPSK
Mathematically BPSK can be expressed as:
fb fb
Baud
N 1
Baud fb Bandwidth
fb
Fundamental frequency of the binary input signal, fa
2 N
BPSK Frequency Spectrum
Power, Watt
Frequency, Hz
fc-fa fc fc+fa
Exercise 3
Determine the bandwidth and baud for a BPSK modulator
with carrier frequency of 40MHz and input bit rate of 500
kbps. Sketch the output spectrum.
fb fb
Baud
N 1
Baud fb Bandwidth
fb
Fundamental frequency of the binary input signal, fa
2 N
Quaternary Phase-Shift Keying
(QPSK)
QPSK is an angle-modulated, constant-amplitude digital
modulation.
M-ary encoding scheme where N=2 and M=4,
The term “quadrature” implies that there are 4 possible
phases (4-PSK) which the carrier can have at a given time
produce 4 output phases (+45, +135,-45,-135)
Requires four input conditions (00,01,10,11), group of 2
bits called dibits.
With QPSK, it can either double the data rate compared
to a BPSK system while maintaining the bandwidth of the
signal or maintain the data-rate of BPSK but ½ the
bandwidth needed.
QPSK : (a) Truth table; (b) Constellation
diagram; (c) QPSK modulated signal
(b) Constellation diagram
(a)Truth table
fb
BW Baud
N
fb
fa
2N
Upper frequency fc fa
Lower frequency fc - fa
QPSK Frequency Spectrum
Power, Watt
Frequency, Hz
fc-fa fc fc+fa
Exercise 4
For a QPSK system, with the following input bit sequence
100010101101, an input bit rate equal to 20Mbps :
1. Draw the QPSK modulated waveform, state assumption
used.
2. Determine the minimum bandwidth required.
ASK
› demodulation: only the presence or absence of a sinusoid
in a given time interval needs to be determined
› advantage: simplicity
› disadvantage: ASK is very susceptible to noise
interference–noise usually (only) affects the amplitude,
therefore ASK is the modulation technique most affected
by noise
› application: ASK is used to transmit digital data over
optical fiber
Summary
FSK
› demodulation: demodulator must be able to determine
which of two possible frequencies is present at a given
time
› advantage: FSK is less susceptible to errors than ASK –
receiver is looking for specific frequency changes over a
number of intervals, so voltage (noise) spikes can be
ignored
› disadvantage: FSK spectrum is 2x ASK spectrum
› application: over voice lines, in high-frequency radio
transmission, etc.
Summary
PSK
› demodulation: demodulator must be able to determine the
phase of received sinusoid with respect to some reference
phase
› advantage: (i) PSK is less susceptible to errors than ASK,
while it requires/occupies the same bandwidth as ASK; (ii)
more efficient use of bandwidth (higher data-rate) are
possible.
› disadvantage: more complex signal detection / recovery
process, than in ASK and FSK.
Applications
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Bandwidth Efficiency
Bandwidth efficiency describes the ability of a modulation scheme to
accommodate data within a limited bandwidth.
Used to compare the modulation performance
Transmissi on Rate(bps)
B
Minimum Bandwith( Hz )
Example 1
Determine the bandwidth efficiency for 16-QAM
Modulator. Given fb=20 Mbps
Solution .
Bit rate,fb
Transmissi on Rate(bps)
B
Minimum Bandwith( Hz )
Bandwidth =
Baud =fb/N
Probability of error P(e)
A theoretical expectation of the bit error rate for a given
system(Mathematically)
Solution.
BER= (Bits in Error)/(Total bits received) x 100%
Input : 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Received :
Bits in Error : X X X X X X X X
Carrier-to-Noise power ratio
The bit error rate can be measured and plotted in terms of
Carrier/Noise ( C/N ), or it can be in terms of Eb/No.
Carrier power stated in watts or dBm :
C(watts)
C(dBm) 10 log
0.001
Thermal Noise Power in watts : N KTB( watts)
KTB
Thermal Noise Power in dBm : N ( dBm) 10 log
0.001
K = Boltzmann’s constant (1.38x10-23 joules/Kelvin)
T = Temperature (0K=-273C)
B= Bandwidth
Carrier to noise power ratio: C ( watts) C
N KTB
C C
In dB; ( dB ) 10 log C (dBm ) N (dBm )
N N
KT W / Hz
N KTB
N0
B B
N
In dBm; N o ( dBm) 10 log 10 log B
0.001
N (dbm) 10 log B
Energy per bit – to- noise power
density ratio,Eb/No
•Used to compare 2 or more digital modulation schemes
that use different transmission rates(bit rates), modulation
schemes(FSK,PSK,QAM) or encoding techniques(M-ary)
Eb C / f b CB C B
N 0 N / B Nf b N f b
Eb/No (dB) :
Eb C B
(dB) 10 log 10 log or 10 log Eb – 10 log No
No N fb
Performance Comparisons of various Digital
Modulation Schemes (BER=10-6)
Table 1
B
10 log (dB) = 14 dB – 11dB = 3dB
fb
= antilog 0.3 = 2
B = 2 x 10 Mbps = 20 MHz
Example 4
For a 8-PSK system and the given parameters as below.
C=10-13 W fb = 30 kbps
N=0.06 x 10-15 W B = 60 kHz
Determine:
a) Carrier power in dBm
b) Noise power in dBm
c) Noise power density in dBm
d) Energy per bit in dBJ
e) Carrier –to-noise power ratio
f) Energy per bit – to- noise power density ratio, Eb/No
a) Carrier power ,C(dBm) = -100dBm