Orthogonal Frequency Division Modulation (OFDM)
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Orthogonal Frequency Division Modulation (OFDM) • OFDM diagram • Inter Symbol Interference • Packet detection and synchronization • Related works Motivation • Signal over wireless channel y[n] = Hx[n] • Work only for narrow-band channels, but not for wide-band channels e.g., 20 MHz for 802.11 20MHz frequency 2.45GHz (Central frequency) Capacity = BW * log(1+SNR) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) Tutorial 1 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) Tutorial 1 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) Tutorial 1 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) Tutorial 1 Intuitive Guide to Principles of Communications www.complextoreal.com Intuitive Guide to Principles of Communications www.complOrthogonalextoreal.coIntuitive Frequencym Guide toDivision Principles Multip lexingof Communications (OFDM) www.complextoreal.com Intuitive Guide to Principles of Communications Modulation - a mapping of the information on changes in the carrier phase, frequency or www.complextoreal.com amplitude or combination . 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Copyright 2004 Charan Langton www.complextoreal.com Copyright 2004 Charan Langton www.complextoreal.com Why OFDM is better? t t 1 0 0 1 0 f 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 …........ f Wide-band Narrow-band • Multiple sub-channels (sub-carriers) carry samples sent at a lower rate Almost same bandwidth with wide-band channel • Only some of the sub-channels are affected by interferers or multi-path effect Importance of Orthogonality • Why not just use FDM (frequency division multiplexing) Not orthogonal Individual sub-channel Leakage interference from adjacent sub-channels f guard band Guard bands protect leakage interference f • Need guard bands between adjacent frequency bands à extra overhead and lower throughput 2 OFDM 6 (a) Adjacent sub-channels interfere Difference between FDM and OFDM guard band (b) Guard bands protect leakage from adjacent frequencies Figure 9: Frequency Division Multiplexingf Frequency division multiplexing f Orthogonal sub-carriers in OFDM Don’t need guard bands Figure 10: Sub-carriers in OFDM It is easy to see that these sub-carriers are orthogonal, i.e. they do not interfere with each other. N/2 1 − j2π k t j2π p t φ = e− N e N =0 (p = k) (6) ⇥ t= N/2 − Hence we can improve spectral e⇥ciency without causing interference between the sub-carriers.