Due date : The last lecture day before Final Exam Sem I 2015/2016
Performance of digital signal transmission through wireless channel is presented in terms of bit
error rate (BER) as a function of signal-to-noise ratio per bit (SNR) or ratio of bit energy to noise
power spectral (Eb/N0 ) as shown in the Figure below: each for the AWGN channel as well as for
the Rayleigh fading channel.
BER Performance in AWGN and Rayleigh fading Channel
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Pe BER Q
Fading channel
AWGN channel
-1
-2
-3
Pe BER
-4
Eb / N 0
1
1
2
1 Eb N 0
-5
-6
2 Eb
N0
10
1
erfc
Eb
N0
15
Eb/Io (dB)
20
25
30
Your tasks :
1. To verify the BER = f(Eb/No) formula, students need to construct a computer simulation
to prove the BER in AWGN channel for Eb/N0 = 0, 2, 4, 6, dan 8 dB. The bit error is
computed using Monte Carlo with 5 runs of simulation for each value of Eb/N0 given
above. Plot the BER curve versus Eb/N0 obtained from Monte Carlo simulation and
compare with the theoretical BER versus Eb/No curve.
2. Construct computer simulation for transmission through Rayleigh fading channel for
Eb/N0 = 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, dan 25 dB in the same way as for AWGN channel in task-1.
Compare the results with that of theoretical performance. Fading channel simulator is
provided in Matlab fanction (attached) as can be described as y = fading(a, b, c), with
a = the number of bit, b = maximum Doppler shift (fading rate), and c = bit period.
Choose the Doppler shift fD = 30 Hz, and the data rate =10 kbps.
3. Mitigation of fading channel using antenna diversity :
a. ET 4061 Students : Construct computer simulation to show performance
improvement of Rayleigh fading channel using Equal Gain Combining (EGC)
methods with 2 and 3 antennas, then verify using theoretical formula (attached).
b. ET 5061 students : Construct computer simulation to show performance
impovement of Rayleigh fading channel using Maximal ratio Combining (MRC)
methods with 2 and 3 diversity antennas, then verify using theoretical formula
(attached).
Ideal
Channel
(AWGN)
Detection
BER
Received
Data
plus noise
Detection
BER
AWGN
noise
Fading Channel:
Data
transmitted
Data
Received
plus noise
Fading
channel
AWGN
noise
DiversityTechniques :
Data
transmitted
Fading channel
Simulator
(provided)
Fading
channel
Antenna-1
AWGN
noise
Detection
BER
Antenna-2
Antenna-3
Catatan:
1. To generate AWGN noise according to SNR in decibel (dB) can use conversion to linear scale
using x dB = 10x/10 .
2. For a known BER, determine the number of data required by the simulation program (the
number of data error must be at least 10 for each run). For example, for BER = 10-3 will
require the number of data at least 10 Kbit, for BER = 10-4 will require the number of data at
least 100 Kbit.
3. This tast is group assignment by maximum of 5 students. Each student must sign in the cover
page of the report, indicating that each individual contributes to the group tasks..