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Synopsis

1. Matlab is very popular mathematic and simulation tool for signal

analysis. It provides various tools for signal analysis such as
communication tool, signal processing tools.

2. The aim of our project is to study most popular techniques for

modulation/demodulation for microwave and satellite signal.
Communication toolbox provides us with the various inbuilt function
to do the same. For example modem, it is package of modem
classes. This package contains the modulator and demodulator
objects for performing the following modulations:-

• DPSK
• MSK
• OQPSK
• PSK
• PAM
• QAM
• General QAM

3. Error control coding techniques detect and possibly correct errors

that occurs when messages are transmitted in a digital
communication system. To accomplish this, the encoder transmits
not only the information symbols, but also one or more redundant
symbols. The decoder uses the redundant symbols to detect and
possibly correct whatever errors occurred during transmission.
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4. Block coding is a special case of error-control coding. Block coding

techniques map a fixed number of message symbols to a fixed
number of code symbols. A block coder treats each block of data
independently and is a memory less device. The Communications
Toolbox supports general linear block codes. It also includes
functions to process cyclic, BCH, Hamming, and Reed-Solomon
codes.