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Study & Simulation of O.F.D.M System
International Journal of Modern Engineering Research
Abstract:
Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is becoming the chosen modulation technique for
wireless communications. OFDM can provide large data rates with sufficient robustness to radio channel
impairments. Many research centers in the world have specialized teams working in the optimization of
OFDM for countless applications. Here, at the Georgia Institute of Technology, one of such teams is in
Dr. M. A. Ingram’s Smart Antenna Research Laboratory (SARL), a part of the Georgia Center for
Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT).
The purpose of this report is to provide Matlab® code to simulate the basic processing involved in the
generation and reception of an OFDM signal in a physical channel and to provide a description of each of
the steps involved. For this purpose, we shall use, as an example, one of the proposed OFDM signals of
the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard for the European terrestrial digital television (DTV)
service.

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OFDM Symbol Generation Simulation
DVB-T Transmitter

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A: - OFDM Reception
(a) Time Response of Signal r_tilde at (F)
(b) Frequency Response of Signal r_tilde at (F)

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(c) Time Response of Signal r_info at (G)
(d) Frequency Response of Signal r_info at (G)

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(e) Time Response of Signal r_data at (H)

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(f) Frequency Response of Signal r_data at (H)
(g) info_h Received Constellation Diagram

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(h) a_hat Constellation Diagram ( ah at 4-QAM)
B: -

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Eq. (1) vs. IFFT

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Welch Power Spectral Density Estimate

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C: - OFDM Transmission
(a) Time Response of Signal carriers at (B)

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(b) Frequency Response of Signal carriers at (B)

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(c) Pulse Shape g(t)

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(d) Time Response of Signal U at (C)

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(e) Time Response of Signal U at (C)

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(f) D/A Filter Response

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(g) Time Response of Signal UOFT at (D)

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(h) Frequency Response of Signal UOFT at (D)

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(i) Time Response of Signal s(t) at (E)

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(j) Frequency Response of Signal s(t) at (E)

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Conclusion:
We can find many advantages in OFDM, but there are still many complex problems to solve, and the
people of the research team at the SARL are working in some of these problems. It is the purpose of this
project to provide a basic simulation tool for them to use as a starting point in their projects. We hope
that by using the specifications of a working system, the DBV-T, as an example, we are able to provide a
much better explanation of the fundamentals of OFDM.
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