Communication Systems
Dr. Fahim Aziz Umrani
Department of Telecommunication, Room # 215
Institute of Information & Communication Technologies (IICT),
Mehran UET, Jamshoro
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Communication Systems By Dr. Fahim Aziz Umrani
Digital Modulation
In order to utilize the advantages of digital signal
processing, we learned how to convert an
analogue signal into a digital signal
When the user data is in binary format, we
cannot use analogue modulation schemes, we
have to utilize digital modulation schemes.
Digital modulation schemes work in a similar
manner to analogue modulation schemes i.e.
change one or more the following properties of
the carrier signal amplitude, frequency, phase.
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Digital Modulation schemes
Amplitude Shift Keying
Frequency Shift Keying
Phase Shift Keying
If both amplitude & phase are modulated with
respect to a binary data then Quadrature
Amplitude Modulated signal is produced
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Digital Modulation schemes
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Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)
ASK is also known as on-off keying
The amplitude of the carrier
frequency varies in sympathy with
the input binary data
The carrier frequency remains
constant
The two binary levels (1 and 0) are
represented by two different s1 (t ) A1 cos(2ft ) for 0
amplitudes of the carrier wave. (a 0
may or may not be represented by a s 2 (t ) A2 cos( 2ft ) for 1
0 volt signal). Special case of ASK called On-Off Keying (OOK)
The advantages and disadvantages
are the same as of Amplitude s1 (t ) A cos(2ft ) for 1
Modulation.
s2 (t ) 0 for 0
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ASK bit rate and Baud rate
ASK waveform (baud) is the same as the rate
of change of the binary input (bps),
Thus the bitrate equals the baud.
With ASK, the bit rate is also equal to the
minimum Nyquist bandwidth.
This can be verified by
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Frequency Shift Keying
In FSK, as the name
implies, binary data
changes the frequency
of the carrier signal
The simplest form of
FSK is the binary FSK
(BFSK), where a binary
“0” and binary “1” are
s1 (t ) A cos(2f1t ) for 0
represented by two
difference frequencies. s2 (t ) A cos(2f 2t ) for 1
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Phase Shift keying
The two binary
levels (1 and 0) are
represented by two
different phase
shifts of the carrier
wave.
s1 (t ) A cos(2ft 1 ) for 0
s2 (t ) A cos(2ft 2 ) for 1
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Summary
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Bit rate and Baud (rate)
Bit rate and baud (rate) are related as
Rb k Rs
where,
k = number of bits transmitted per modulated symbol
bits bits symbol
second symbol second
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Constellation diagram
Constellation literally means – arrangement of
stars. (a group of stars forming a recognizable
pattern)
In digital communications a constellation
diagram helps us to define the modulation
schemes and such diagram is often used for
performance analysis.
The X-axis represents the in-phase carrier and the
Y-axis represents quadrature carrier.
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Concept of Constellation Diagram
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Three constellation diagrams
Example: Show the constellation diagrams for a 4-ASK, 4-PSK, and 8-
PSK signals.
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