Orthogonal Frequency

Division Multiplexing

Presented By : Under the Guidence of :

T.SREENATH(R151824) Mr. B.BHASKAR
(Assistant professor)
B.RAMANAIDU(R151592)
Table of Contents
1) Introduction
2) Why OFDM?
3) Evolution of OFDM
4) What is OFDM?
5) How it works?
6) Advantages
7) Applications
8) Conclusion
9) References
Introduction
● During the past few decades, growth rate of
wireless technology has been accelerated to
such a level that it has become ubiquitous.
Because of its applications like WI-fi, GSM,
LTE etc.
● Thus wireless system has necessitated an
elaborate mechanism to serve multiple users
over a shared communication medium.
● The most important building block in this
mechanism is multiplexing approach.
Why OFDM ?
● Based on the application requirements,
available spectrum, and users’ hardware
capability, the appropriate multiplexing
approach will be designed over the
required domain which could be time,
frequency, power, code etc.
● While working with the wireless systems
using these techniques various problems
encountered.
● In FDM different frequency bands are
assigned to different users.
● OFDM is an advanced form of FDM,where
a complete use of BW occurs by removing
guard bands.
 Evolution of OFDM
The use of OFDM and multicarrier modulation in general has come to the fore
in recent years as it provides an ideal platform for wireless data
communications transmissions.
● But the concept of OFDM has existed since 1966.
● In 1985, scientists proposed a cellular mobile radio system based on OFDM.
● In 1995, Wu suggested some high frequency military systems using OFDM.
● In 1998, Fernando proposed application of OFDM to the satellite mobile
channel.
● Usage of OFDM for 4G mobile communication systems has started from
around 2009
What is OFDM?
● OFDM is a special case of Frequency
Division Multiplex(FDM).
● The basic idea of OFDM is to divide the
available spectrum into several closely
spaced subcarriers so that each
narrowband subcarrier experiences almost
flat fading.
● These sub carriers must satisfy the
conditions of
– Othogonality
– Non-overlapping
Working (Block Diagram)
Advantages
● High Spectral efficiency
● OFDM eliminates Inter Symbol Interference
● Efficient implementation using FFT
● Robust against narrow band and co-channel interference
● Supports different modulation schemes based on channel condition.
● Permits flexible use of spectrum
Applications
In Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)
Digital Audio Broadcasthing(DAB) is a digital radio
technology for broadcasting radio stations.

In DVB-H: Digital Broadcast Services to

Handheld Devices
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is a set of
internationally accepted standards for digital
television. DVB-H is one of the established mobile
TV formats. It permits transmission of very large
files and can operate on 5, 6, 7 or 8 MHz bandwidth

In 4G Mobile Communication
4G is the short name for fourth-generation wireless,
the stage of broadband mobile communications that
supersedes 3G (third-generation wireless) and is the
predecessor of 5G (fifth-generation wireless).
Conclusion
● An OFDM system is successfully simulated using MATLAB in this
work.
● Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing, plays a significant role in
modern telecommunications, ranging from its use in DSL-modem
technology to Wi-Fi wireless systems. Work underway in next-
generation mobile wireless systems exploits the advantages of using
OFDM techniques as well.
References
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