2. INTRODUCTION
Based on FDM
Promising technique for achieving high data rate
transmission in mobile environment
A form of Multicarrier Modulation
Single data stream is transmitted over a number of
subcarriers
3. THE CONCEPT
Data to be transmitted is spread over a large number of
carriers
Each carrier modulated at a low rate & these Carriers are
orthogonal to each other
Divides the total available bandwidth in the spectrum into
sub-bands for multiple carriers to transmit in parallel.
Combines a large number of low data rate carriers to
construct a composite high data rate communication
system
7. Data Coded in Frequency Domain Transformation to Time Domain Channel Frequency
Time Domain Signal Frequency Domain Signal
8. WHY OFDM (FEATURES)
Can easily adapt to severe channel conditions
Robust against narrow-band co-channel interference.
Robust against inter-symbol interference (ISI) and
fading caused by multipath propagation
better resistant quality to fading
9. ISSUES
Sensitive to Frequency Errors
Inter Carrier Interference between Subcarriers
Sensitive to Doppler Effect
High Peak to Average Power Ratio
Complex than FDM
11. REFERENCES
Y.Wu and W. Y. Zou, “Orthogonal frequency division
multiplexing: A multi-carrier modulation scheme,” IEEE
Trans. Consumer Electronics, vol. 41, Aug. 1995.
Leonard J. Cimini, JR.,“Analysis And Simulation Of A
Digital Mobile Channel Using Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing”, Ieee Transactions On
Communications, Vol. Com-33, July-1985.