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2. CHAPTER 4 – PERFORMANCE OF
DIGITAL MODULATION OVER
WIRELESS CHANNELS
AWGN Channels
Fading
Doppler Spread
Inter-Symbol-Interference
Diversity
3. AWGN CHANNELS
This section discusses the SNR and its relation to
energy per bit (Eb) & energy per symbol (Es).
Error probability on AWGN channels is also examined for
different modulation techniques as parameterized by these
energy metrics.
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4. Signal-to-Noise Power Ratio & Bit/Symbol Energy
In an AWGN channel the modulated signal s(t) =
Re{u(t)ej2πfc t } has noise n(t) added to it prior to reception.
The noise n(t) is a white Gaussian random process with
mean zero & power spectral density (PSD) N0 / B.
The received signal is thus r(t) = s(t) + n(t ).
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5. We define the received SNR as the ratio of the
Rx’d signal power Pr to the power of the noise
within the bandwidth of the Tx’d signal s(t).
The Rx’d power Pr is determined by the Tx’d power & the
path loss, shadowing, & multipath fading.
The noise power is determined by the bandwidth of the
Tx’d signal & the spectral properties of n(t ).
If the bandwidth of the complex envelope u(t) of s(t) is B,
Then the bandwidth of the transmitted signal s(t) is 2B.
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6. Since the noise n(t) has uniform PSD N0/B,
The total noise power within the bandwidth 2B is N =
N0/B · 2B = N0B. Hence the received SNR is given by:
SNR = Pr / N0B
In systems with interference, we often use the Rx’d signal-
to-interference-plus-noise power ratio (SINR) in place of
SNR for calculating error probability.
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7. This is a reasonable approximation if the
interference statistics approximate those of
Gaussian noise.
The received SINR is given by: SINR = Pr / (N0B
+ Pi ),
Where Pi is the average power of the interference.
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8. The SNR is often expressed in terms of the signal energy
per bit Eb (or per symbol, Es) as:
SNR = Pr /N0B = Es/N0BTs = Eb / N0BTb
Where:
Ts is the symbol time
Tb is the bit time (for binary modulation Ts = Tb and Es
= Eb).
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9. For pulse shaping with Ts =1/B (e.g., raised cosine pulses
with β =1),
We have SNR = Es/N0 for multilevel signaling and SNR
= Eb/N0 for binary signaling.
For general pulses, Ts = k/B for some constant k, in which
case k · SNR = Es/N0.
The quantities γs = Es/N0 and γb = Eb/N0 are sometimes
called the SNR per symbol & the SNR per bit,
respectively.
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10. For performance specification, we are interested in the bit
error probability Pb as a function of γb.
With M-ary signalling (e.g., MPAM & MPSK) the Pb
depends on both the symbol error probability & the
mapping of bits to symbols.
Thus, we typically compute the symbol error
probability Ps as a function of γs based on the signal
space concepts
Then obtain Pb as a function of γb using an exact or
approximate conversion.
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11. The approximate conversion typically assumes that,
The symbol energy is divided equally among all bits
Gray encoding is used, so that (at reasonable SNRs) one symbol
error corresponds to exactly one bit error.
These assumptions for M-ary signaling lead to the
approximations
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12. Error Probability for BPSK & QPSK
We first consider BPSK modulation with coherent
detection & perfect recovery of the carrier freq & phase.
With binary modulation each symbol corresponds to
one bit, so the symbol & bit error rates are the same.
The Tx’d signal is s1(t) = Ag(t ) cos(2πfc t) to send a 0-bit
and s2(t) = −Ag(t ) cos(2πfc t) to send a 1-bit for A > 0.
Thus, Pb = Q(√dmin / 2N0)
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13. dmin = s1 − s0 = A − (−A) = 2A.
Let us now relate A to the energy per bit.
We have:
Thus, the signal constellation for BPSK in terms of energy
per bit is given by s0 = √Eb and s1 = − √Eb.
This yields the minimum distance dmin = 2A = 2√Eb.
By Substitution yields:
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14. QPSK modulation consists of BPSK modulation on both
the in-phase & quadrature components of the signal.
With perfect phase & carrier recovery, the received signal
components corresponding to each of these branches are
orthogonal.
Therefore, the bit error probability on each branch is
the same as for BPSK: Pb = Q(√2γb)
The symbol error probability equals the probability that
either branch has a bit error:
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15. FADING
In AWGN the probability of symbol error depends
on the received SNR or, equivalently, on γs .
In a fading environment,
The Prx varies randomly over distance or time as a result of
shadowing and/or multipath fading.
Thus, in fading, γs is a random variable with distribution
pγs(γ ) , thus, Ps(γs) is also random.
The performance metric when γs is random depends on the
rate of change of the fading.
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16. There are three different performance criteria that
can be used to characterize the random variable Ps :
The outage probability, Pout, defined as the probability that γs falls
below a given value corresponding to the maximum allowable
Ps ;
The average error probability, Ps
- , averaged over the distribution of
γs;
Combined average error probability & outage,
Defined as the average error probability that can be achieved
some percentage of time or spatial locations.
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17. The Average Probability Of Symbol Error Applies When
The Fading Coherence Time Is On The Order Of A
Symbol Time (Ts ≈ Tc),
Thus, The Signal Fade Level Is Roughly Constant Over
A Symbol Period.
The Average Error Probability Is A Reasonably Good
Figure Of Merit For The Channel Quality Under These
Conditions.
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18. If The Signal Fading Is Changing Slowly (Ts << Tc) Then
A Deep Fade Will Affect Many Simultaneous Symbols.
Thus, Fading May Lead To Large Error Bursts,
Which Cannot Be Corrected For With Coding Of Reasonable
Complexity.
Hence, These Error Bursts Can Seriously Degrade End-to-
end Performance.
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19. Outage & Average Error Probability Are Often
Combined,
When The Channel Is Modeled As A Combination Of Fast & Slow
Fading
E.g., Log-normal Shadowing With Fast Rayleigh Fading.
Note That,
If Tc << Ts, Then The Fading Will Be Averaged Out By
The Matched Filter In The Demodulator.
Thus, For Very Fast Fading, Performance Is The Same As
In AWGN.
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20. Outage Probability
The outage probability relative to γ0 is defined
as:
Where γ0 typically specifies the minimum
SNR required for acceptable performance.
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21. For example, if we consider digitized voice, Pb = 10−3
is an acceptable error rate
It Can’t Be Detected By The Human Ear.
Thus, for a BPSK signal in Rayleigh fading,
γb < 7 dB would be declared an outage;
hence we obtain γ0 = 7 dB.
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22. In Rayleigh fading the outage probability
becomes:
Inverting this formula shows that, for a given
outage probability, the required average SNR
γ-
s is:
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23. In decibels this means that,
10 log γs must exceed the target 10 log γ0 by Fd = −10
log[−ln(1− Pout )],
In order to maintain acceptable performance more
than 100(1− Pout ) percent of the time.
The quantity Fd is known as the dB Fade Margin.
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24. Average Probability of Error
The average probability of error is used as a
performance metric when Ts ≈ Tc.
Thus, assume that γs is constant over a symbol time.
Then the average probability of error is computed by
integrating the error probability in AWGN over the
fading distribution:
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25. Where Ps(γ ) is the probability of symbol error
inAWGN with SNR γ,
For a given distribution of the fading amplitude r
E.g., In Rayleigh, Rician & log-normal, we compute pγs(γ )
by making the change of variable:
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26. Combined Outage and Average Error Probability
When The Fading Environment Is A Superposition Of
Both Fast And Slow Fading (E.g., Log-normal Shadowing
& Rayleigh Fading),
A Common Performance Metric Is, “Combined Outage
& Average Error Probability”,
Where Outage Occurs When The Slow Fading Falls Below
Some Target Value And The Average Performance In Non-
outage Is Obtained By Averaging Over The Fast Fading.
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27. We Use The Following Notation:
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28. We can specify an average error probability P-
s with some
probability 1 − Pout.
An outage is declared,
When the received SNR per symbol due to shadowing &
path loss alone, γ-
s , falls below a given target value γ-
s0 .
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29. When not in outage (γ-
s ≥ γ-
s0 ),
The average probability of error is obtained by
averaging over the distribution of the fast fading
conditioned on the mean SNR:
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30. The criterion used to determine the outage target γ-
s0 is
typically based on a given maximum acceptable average
probability of error P
-s0 .
The threshold γ-
s0 must then satisfy the average probability
model below:
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31. DOPPLER SPREAD (DS)
DS Is The Range Of Freqs Over Which The Rx’ved
Spectrum Is Essentially Non-zero.
It Is The Measure Of Spectral Broadening Caused By The Time Rate
Of Change Of Mobile Radio Channel.
One Consequence Of DS Is An Irreducible Error Floor For
Modulation Techniques,
Using Differential Detection.
Since In Differential Modulation The Signal Phase Associated
With One Symbol Is Used As A Phase Reference For The
Next Symbol.
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32. If The Channel Phase Decorrelates Over A Symbol,
Then The Phase Reference Becomes Extremely Noisy,
Leading To A High Symbol Error Rate That Is Independent Of Prx.
The Phase Correlation B/n Symbols & Consequent
Degradation In Performance Are Functions Of The
Doppler Frequency fD = v/λ & the symbol time Ts .
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33. The channel correlation AC(τ ) over time τ equals the
inverse Fourier Transform of the Doppler power spectrum
SC(f )
As a function of Doppler frequency f.
The correlation coefficient is thus ρC = AC(T )/AC(0)
evaluated at T = Ts for DQPSK
or at T = Tb for DPSK.
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34. INTER-SYMBOL-INTERFERENCE (ISI)
Inter-symbol Interference Frequency-selective
fading gives rise to ISI,
Where the received symbol over a given symbol period
experiences interference from other symbols that have
been delayed by multipath.
Since increasing signal power also increases the
power of the ISI,
This interference gives rise to an irreducible error floor
that is independent of signal power.
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35. An approximation to symbol error probability with
ISI can be obtained by,
Treating the ISI as uncorrelated white Gaussian noise.
Then the SNR becomes:
Where;
Pr is the received power associated with the LOS signal
component,
I is the received power associated with the ISI.
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36. In a static channel,
The resulting probability of symbol error will be
Ps(γˆs), where Ps is the probability of symbol error in
AWGN.
If both the LOS signal component & the ISI experience flat
fading,
Then γˆs will be a random variable with distribution
p(γˆs),
The average symbol error probability is then;
P-s = Ps(γˆs)p(γˆs) dγs .
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37. Note that,
γˆs is the ratio of two random variables – the
LOS received power Pr & the ISI received
power I,
The resulting distribution p(γˆs) may be hard to
obtain
Irreducible error floors due to ISI are often obtained by
simulation, which can easily
incorporate different channel models, modulation formats,
and symbol sequence characteristics
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38. Irreducible error floors due to ISI are often obtained by
simulation,
Which Can Easily Incorporate Different Channel
Models, Modulation Formats & Symbol Sequence
Characteristics
BPSK, DPSK, QPSK, OQPSK & MSK modulations are
simulated for:
Different Pulse Shapes
Channels With Different Power Delay Profiles, Including A
Gaussian, Exponential, Equal-amplitude Two-ray,
Empirical Power Delay Profile.
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39. The Simulation results indicate that;
The irreducible error floor is more sensitive to the rms
delay spread of the channel than to the shape of its
power delay profile.
Pulse shaping can significantly impact the error floor:
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40. DIVERSITY
We Observed From The Fading Section That,
Both Rayleigh Fading & Log-normal Shadowing Exact
A Large Power Penalty On The Performance Of
Modulation Over Wireless Channels.
One Of The Best Techniques To Mitigate The Effects Of
Fading Is Diversity Combination Of Independently Fading
Signal Paths.
Diversity Combination Exploits The Fact That:
Independent Signal Paths Have A Low Probability
Of Experiencing Deep Fades Simultaneously.
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41. Thus,
The Idea Behind Diversity Is To Send The Same
Data Over Independent Fading Paths.
These Independent Paths Are Combined In Such A
Way That The Fading Of The Resultant Signal Is
Reduced.
Hence,
The Main Purpose Of Diversity Is To:
Coherently Combine Independent Fading Paths To
Alleviate The Effects Of Fading In Wireless Channels.
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42. E.g., Assume A System With Two Antennas At
Either The Tx’r Or Rx’r That Experience
Independent Fading.
If The Antennas Are Spaced Sufficiently Far Apart, It
Is Unlikely That They Both Experience Deep Fades At
The Same Time.
By Selecting The Antenna With The Strongest Signal, A
Technique Known As Selection Combining,
We Obtain A Much Better Signal Than If We Had Just
One Antenna.
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43. Diversity techniques that mitigate the effect of multipath
fading are called Micro-diversity,
Diversity to mitigate the effects of shadowing from
buildings and objects is called Macro-diversity.
Macro-diversity is generally implemented by combining
signals received by several BTSs or RAPs,
Which requires coordination among these different
stations or points.
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44. Such coordination is implemented.
As Part Of The Networking Protocols In
Infrastructure-based Wireless Networks.
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45. Realization of Independent Fading Paths
There Are Many Ways Of Achieving Independent
Fading Paths In A Wireless System.
One Method Is To Use Multiple Transmit Or Receive
Antennas, Also Called An Antenna Array,
Where The Elements Of The Array Are Separated In
Distance.
This Type Of Diversity Is Referred To As Space Diversity.
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46. The maximum diversity gain for either Tx’r
or Rx’r space diversity typically requires that,
The separation b/n antennas be such that the fading
amplitudes corresponding to each antenna are
approximately independent.
A second method of achieving diversity is by using either two
Tx’t antennas or two Rx’e antennas with different
polarization
E.g., vertically and horizontally polarized waves
The two transmitted waves follow the same path.
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47. A second method of achieving diversity is by using either
two Tx’t antennas or two Rx’e antennas with different
polarization
E.g., vertically and horizontally polarized waves
The two transmitted waves follow the same path.
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48. Freq Diversity
It is achieved by Tx’g the same narrowband signal at
different carrier freqs, where the carriers are separated by
the coherence bandwidth of the channel.
This technique requires additional transmit power to send
the signal over multiple freq bands.
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50. Time Diversity
This Is Achieved By:
Tx’g The Same Signal At Different Times,
Where The Time Difference Is Greater Than The
Channel Coherence Time (The Inverse Of The Channel
Doppler Spread).
It Does Not Require Increased Ptx,
But It Lowers Data Rates, Since Data Is Repeated In The Diversity
Time Slots Rather Than Sending New Data In Those Time Slots.
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52. Receiver Diversity
In receiver diversity,
The independent fading paths associated with multiple
receive antennas are combined to obtain a signal that is
then passed thro’ a standard demodulator.
The combination vary in complexity & overall
performance.
Most combining techniques are linear:
The O/p of the combiner is just a weighted sum of the
different fading paths as shown below for M-branch
diversity
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53. Combining more than one branch signal
requires co-phasing,
where the phase θi of the ith branch is removed
through multiplication by αi = ai e−jθi for some
real-valued ai.
This phase removal requires coherent detection of
each branch to determine its phase θi.
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55. Without Co-phasing,
The Branch Signals Would Not Add Up
Coherently In The Combiner,
Hence,
The Resulting Output Could Still Exhibit Significant
Fading Due To Constructive And Destructive
Addition Of The Signals In All The Branches.
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56. Transmitter Diversity
Here, There Are Multiple Transmit Antennas, & The Pt Is
Divided Among These Antennas.
Transmit Diversity Is Desirable In Systems Where,
More Space, Power, & Processing Capability Are
Available On The Transmit Side Than On The Receive
Side, As In Cellular Systems.
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57. Transmit diversity design depends on whether or not the
complex channel gain is known to the transmitter.
When this gain is known, the system is quite similar to
receiver diversity.
Without this channel knowledge,
Transmit diversity gain requires a combination of space
& time diversity via a novel technique called the
Alamouti scheme and its extensions.
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