Faculty of Information Engineering & Technology

The Networks Department

Modulation & Coding [COMM 1001]

Assignment
Consider an OFDM system where the number of sub-carriers Nc = 8
Assume the instantaneous channel is a four-path channel with
coefficients h0=0.5+j, h1=1-j, h2=0.5+0.5j, h3=-0.5+j at delay times 0
ns, 1 ns, 2 ns and 3 ns respectively. The total system bandwidth is 5
MHz.
i. How many samples should the cyclic prefix be?

ii. Derive the BIT ERROR PROBABILITY on subcarrier i only (i.e.,

with channel response H[i]) in this system given that total
noise power per sub-carrier is equal to 1 and the noise is
Gaussian and constellation used is as shown below.

-A

+A

Note: For each student the values of i as well as 1 ns, 2 ns and 3 are
a function of the student ID as follows:
ID = xy-abcd
Sub-carrier index i = 1+mod(a,7)
0= 0 ns
1= 50*mod(b,4) +50* mod(c,4)+50* mod(d,4) ns
2= 100 + 50*mod(b,4) +50* mod(c,4)+50* mod(d,4) ns
3= 200 + 50*mod(b,4) +50* mod(c,4)+50* mod(d,4) ns

Example: If student ID is 25-2587

Sub-carrier index i = 1+mod(2,7) = 3
1= 50*mod(5,4) +50* mod(8,4)+50* mod(7,4) = 400 ns
2= 100 + 50*mod(5,4) +50* mod(8,4)+50* mod(7,4) = 500 ns
3= 200 + 50*mod(5,4) +50* mod(8,4)+50* mod(7,4) = 600 ns
Example: If student ID is 19-3915
Sub-carrier index i = 1+mod(3,7) = 4
1= 50*mod(9,4) +50* mod(1,4)+50* mod(5,4) = 350 ns
2= 100 + 50*mod(b,4) +50* mod(c,4)+50* mod(d,4) = 450 ns
3= 200 + 50*mod(b,4) +50* mod(c,4)+50* mod(d,4) = 550 ns
note that
- Use only the first four digits of your ID after the class xy (i.e.,
digits abcd). If yor ID has five digits ignore the 5th digit
- mod(m,n) is the modulo operator that returns the remainder of
dividing m/n
- The assignment will be corrected by final answers