Radio Systems - Etin15: Digital Modulation
Radio Systems - Etin15: Digital Modulation
Lecture no:
5
Digital modulation
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Contents
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STRUCTURE OF A WIRELESS
COMMUNICATION LINK
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A simple structure
Data
Key
Data
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Simple model of a radio signal
FR R
O M EP
E
• A transmitted radio signal can be written LE ATE
CT D
UR
E
3
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Example: Amplitude, phase and
frequency modulation
FR R
O M EP
s t A t cos 2 f ct t E
LE ATE
CT D
A t t Comment: UR
E
3
00 01 11 00 10
00 01 11 00 10
00 01 11 00 10
- Amplitude constant (arbitrary)
4FSK - Phase slope (frequency)
carries information
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The IQ modulator
FR R
O M EP
E
LE ATE
CT D
I-channel UR
E
(in-phase) Transmited radio signal 3
fc
-90o
Q-channel
(quadrature)
Take a step into the complex domain:
Complex envelope
Carrier factor
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Interpreting the complex notation
FR R
O M EP
E
Complex envelope (phasor) Transmitted radio signal LE ATE
CT D
UR
E
3
Polar coordinates:
By manipulating the amplitude A(t)
and the phase Φ(t) of the complex
envelope (phasor), we can create any
type of modulation/radio signal.
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MODULATION
BASICS
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Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM)
The modulation process
Bits Complex domain
Radio
bm cm sLP t signal
Mapping PAM Re{ }
Complex
exp j 2 f c t
numbers
Symbol
∞
Many possible pulses
PAM: s LP t = ∑ c m g t−m T s time g t
m=−∞
∞
“Standard” basis pulse criteria t
∫ ∣g t ∣2 dt =1 or =T s (energy norm.) g t
−∞
∞
∞ 2
∣
S LP f ~ ∫ g t e
−∞
− j 2 f t
dt
∣
which translates into a radio signal (band pass) with
1
S BP f S LP f f c S LP f f c
2
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Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM)
Basis pulses and spectrum
Illustration of power spectral density of the (complex) base-band
signal, SLP(f), and the (real) radio signal, SBP(f).
S LP f S BP f
f fc fc f
Can be asymmetric,
since it is a complex Symmetry (real radio signal)
signal.
What we need are basis pulses g(t) with nice properties like:
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Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM)
Interpretation as IQ-modulator
For real valued basis functions g(t) we can view PAM as:
sI t Re sLP t
Re cm
g t
cos 2 f ct
Radio
bm cm Pulse fc signal
Mapping shaping
filters
-90o
sin 2 f ct
g t
Im cm
sQ t Im sLP t
(Both the rectangular and the (root-) raised-cosine pulses are real valued.)
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Multi-PAM
Modulation with multiple pulses
Bits Complex domain
Radio
bm cm sLP t signal
Mapping multi-PAM Re{ }
exp j 2 f c t
∞
multi-PAM: s LP t = ∑ g c t −mT s
m
m−∞
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Multi-PAM
Modulation with multiple pulses
Frequency-shift keying (FSK) with M (even) different transmission
frequencies can be interpreted as multi-PAM if the basis functions
are chosen as:
− j k f t
g k t =e for 0≤t≤T s
and for k = +/- 1, +/- 3, ... , +/- M/2
S LP f S BP f
fc fc
f
Bits: 00 01 10 11
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Continuous-phase FSK (CPFSK)
The modulation process
Bits Complex domain
Radio
bm cm sLP t signal
Mapping CPFSK Re{ }
exp j 2 f c t
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Continuous-phase FSK (CPFSK)
The Gaussian phase basis pulse
In addition to the rectangular phase basis pulse, the Gaussian is the
most common.
BTs=0.5
Normalized time t / Ts
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IMPORTANT MODULATION
FORMATS
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Binary phase-shift keying (BPSK)
Rectangular pulses
Base-band
Radio
signal
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Binary phase-shift keying (BPSK)
Rectangular pulses
Complex representation Signal constellation diagram
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Binary phase-shift keying (BPSK)
Rectangular pulses
Power spectral
density for BPSK
Normalized freq. f ×T b
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Binary phase-shift keying (BPSK)
Raised-cosine pulses (roll-off 0.5)
Base-band
Radio
signal
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Binary phase-shift keying (BPSK)
Raised-cosine pulses (roll-off 0.5)
Complex representation Signal constellation diagram
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Binary phase-shift keying (BPSK)
Raised-cosine pulses (roll-off 0.5)
Power spectral
density for BAM
Normalized freq. f ×T b
Much higher spectral
efficiency than BPSK
(with
rectangular
pulses).
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Quaternary PSK (QPSK or 4-PSK)
Rectangular pulses
Complex representation
Radio
signal
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Quaternary PSK (QPSK or 4-PSK)
Rectangular pulses
Power spectral
density for QPSK
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Quadrature ampl.-modulation (QAM)
Root raised-cos pulses (roll-off 0.5)
Complex representation
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Amplitude variations
The problem
Signals with high amplitude variations leads to less efficient amplifiers.
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Amplitude variations
A solution
Let’s rotate the signal constellation diagram for each
transmitted symbol!
/4 2× /4
etc.
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Amplitude variations
A solution
Looking at the complex representation ...
A “hole” is created in
the center. No close to
zero amplitudes.
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/ 4- Differential QPSK (DQPSK)
Complex representation
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Offset QPSK (OQPSK)
Rectangular pulses
In-phase
signal
Quadrature
signal
There is one bit-time offset between the in-pase and the quadrature
part of the signal (a delay on the Q channel). This makes the transitions
between pulses take place at different times!
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Offset QPSK
Rectangular pulses
Complex representation
This method
also creates a
hole in the
center, giving
less amplitude
variations.
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Offset QAM (OQAM)
Raised-cosine pulses
Complex representation
This method
also creates a
hole in the
center, but
has larger
amplitude
variations
than OQPSK.
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Continuous-phase modulation
Phase
MSK/FFSK
Basic idea: 2
- Keep amplitude constant
3
- Change phase continuously
2
1 0 1 0
In this particular example 1
we change the phase in 2 1 0 1 0
a piecewise linear fashion
by +/- /2, depending on Tb 0 1 t
the data transmitted. 1
−
2
−
3
This type of modulation −
2
can be interpreted both as
phase and frequency −2
modulation. It is called
MSK (minimum shift keying) or
FFSK (fast frequency shift keying).
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Minimum shift keying (MSK)
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Minimum shift keying (MSK)
Power spectral
density of MSK
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Gaussian filtered MSK (GMSK)
Tb t Tb t
1 1
− −
2 2
− −
3 3
− −
2 2
−2 −2
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Gaussian filtered MSK (GMSK)
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Gaussian filtered MSK (GMSK)
D/A
cos 2 f c t
Digital
Data baseband
fc
GMSK
modulator
-90o
sin 2 f ct
D/A
Digital Analog
BT = 0.5 here
(0.3 in GSM)
Power spectral
density of GMSK.
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How do we use all these spectral
efficiencies?
Example: Assume that we want to use MSK to transmit 50 kbit/sec,
and want to know the required transmission bandwidth.
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Summary
BPSK with
root-raised
cosine
pulses
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