Performance study on high data rate modulation technique of W-CDMA in multipath fading channel

Downlink transmission (base station to mobile terminal) using high data rate Mary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) and Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation schemes are considered in a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) system. The performances of these modulation techniq...

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Main Author: Ismail, Muhammad Najib
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Language:English
Published: 2005
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spelling my-utm-ep.32132018-06-26T07:56:21Z Performance study on high data rate modulation technique of W-CDMA in multipath fading channel 2005-04 Ismail, Muhammad Najib TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Downlink transmission (base station to mobile terminal) using high data rate Mary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) and Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation schemes are considered in a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) system. The performances of these modulation techniques are evaluated when the system is subjected to a number of users as well as noise and interference in the channel. Additive White Noise Gaussian (AWGN) and multipath Rayleigh fading are considered in the channel. Computer simulation tool, MATLAB, will be used throughout the research to evaluate Bit-Error-Rate (BER) for W-CDMA system models. Two approaches are used in this simulation. They are simulations using Simulink and simulations using M files. A study of different modulation techniques is needed so that a W-CDMA system can choose suitable modulation technique to suit the channel quality, thus delivering optimum and efficient data rate to mobile terminal. It is discovered that the performance of 16-QAM is significantly degraded in AWGN and multipath Rayleigh fading channel compared to that of QPSK. Error correction coding is needed to be used in this system particularly with 16-QAM to ensure better performance of WCDMA system 2005-04 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/3213/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/3213/1/MuhammadNajibIsmailMFKE2005.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering
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topic TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
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Electronics Nuclear engineering
Ismail, Muhammad Najib
Performance study on high data rate modulation technique of W-CDMA in multipath fading channel
description Downlink transmission (base station to mobile terminal) using high data rate Mary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) and Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation schemes are considered in a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) system. The performances of these modulation techniques are evaluated when the system is subjected to a number of users as well as noise and interference in the channel. Additive White Noise Gaussian (AWGN) and multipath Rayleigh fading are considered in the channel. Computer simulation tool, MATLAB, will be used throughout the research to evaluate Bit-Error-Rate (BER) for W-CDMA system models. Two approaches are used in this simulation. They are simulations using Simulink and simulations using M files. A study of different modulation techniques is needed so that a W-CDMA system can choose suitable modulation technique to suit the channel quality, thus delivering optimum and efficient data rate to mobile terminal. It is discovered that the performance of 16-QAM is significantly degraded in AWGN and multipath Rayleigh fading channel compared to that of QPSK. Error correction coding is needed to be used in this system particularly with 16-QAM to ensure better performance of WCDMA system
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Ismail, Muhammad Najib
author_facet Ismail, Muhammad Najib
author_sort Ismail, Muhammad Najib
title Performance study on high data rate modulation technique of W-CDMA in multipath fading channel
title_short Performance study on high data rate modulation technique of W-CDMA in multipath fading channel
title_full Performance study on high data rate modulation technique of W-CDMA in multipath fading channel
title_fullStr Performance study on high data rate modulation technique of W-CDMA in multipath fading channel
title_full_unstemmed Performance study on high data rate modulation technique of W-CDMA in multipath fading channel
title_sort performance study on high data rate modulation technique of w-cdma in multipath fading channel
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2005
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/3213/1/MuhammadNajibIsmailMFKE2005.pdf
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