University of kufa

College of Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering

Report Name: - Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing

‫ نسيم‬: ‫أشراف األستاذ‬

‫ علي عايد عبدالشهيد‬: ‫األسم‬
‫ الثالثة – فصلي‬: ‫المرحلة‬
‫التاريخ‬ :
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Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a promising

technique for achieving high data rate and combating multipath fading in
wireless communications. OFDM can be thought of as a hybrid of multi-
carrier modulation (MCM) and frequency shift keying (FSK) modulation.
MCM is the principle of transmitting data by dividing the stream into several
parallel bit streams and modulating each of these data streams onto
individual carriers or sub carriers (SCs); FSK modulation is a technique
where by data is transmitted on one carrier from a set of orthogonal carriers
in each symbol duration.
OFDM used in applications such as digital television and audio
broadcasting, DSL internet access, wireless networks, power line networks,
and 4G/5G mobile communications.
it was introduced by Robert W. Chang of Bell Labs in 1966. OFDM was
improved by Weinstein and Ebert in 1971 with the introduction of a guard
interval, providing better orthogonality in transmission channels affected by
multipath propagation.
The word “orthogonal” indicates that there is a precise mathematical
relationship between the frequencies of the carriers in the system. In a
normal FDM system, many carriers are spaced apart in such a way that
the signals can be received using conventional filters and
demodulators. In such receivers, guard bands are introduced between
the different carriers and in the frequency domain, which results in a
lowering of spectrum efficiency. It is possible, however, to arrange the
carriers in an OFDM signal so that the sidebands of the individual
carriers overlap and the signals are still received without adjacent
carrier interference

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1 - OFDM BASED PHY PERFORMANCE OF IEEE 802.11A USING VARIOUS PRACTICAL CHANNEL
MODELS
2 - ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING(WIKIPEDIA)
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