GMSK Modulation
Author: Rakesh
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One can use it to write applications to receive data out of digital streams or to send data
into digital streams, which is then transmitted using hardware. GNU Radio has filters,
channel codes, synchronisation elements, equalizers, demodulators, vocoders, decoders,
and many other elements which are called as blocks that are typically found in radio
systems.
Features
The main features of gnu radio are flexibility and configurability.
Extending GNU Radio is also quite easy, if you find a specific block that is missing you
can quickly create and add it.
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A second method is more widely used. Here what is known as a quadrature modulator is used.
The term quadrature means that the phase of a signal is in quadrature or 90 degrees to another
one. The quadrature modulator uses one signal that is said to be in-phase and another that is in
quadrature to this. In view of the in-phase and quadrature elements this type of modulator is
often said to be an I-Q modulator. Using this type of modulator the modulation index can be
maintained at exactly 0.5 without the need for any settings or adjustments. This makes it much
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easier to use, and capable of providing the required level of performance without the need for
adjustments. For demodulation the technique can be used in reverse.
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Options block defines the ID, Title and Description of the experiment.
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Variable Block defines to declare variables globally. This block maps a value to a unique
variable. This variable block has no graphical representation. The variable can be referenced
(by ID) from other blocks in the flowgraph.
o ID = samp_rate
o Value = 32000Hz
o ID:analog_random_source_x_0
o Output type: Byte
o Number of samples: 1000
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GMSK Mod: Hierarchical bock for gaussian minimum shift key modulation. The input is a
byte stream and the output is the complex modulated signal at baseband.
o ID: digital_gmsk_mod_0
o Samples/symol: 2
Throttel block: Throttel is a device that control the flow of samples such that average rate does
not exceeds samples/sec. Throttle is used because no hardware interface has done.
o ID: blocks_throttel_0
o Type: complex
o Vec length: 1
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WX GUI scope sink: The WX GUI Scope sink is the destination block of the flow chart. This
block is used to view the time domain representation of the output. The simulation output of
the received signal is seen with this block.
o ID: wxgui_scopesink2_0
o Type: complex
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