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Wireless Transmission
1. Outline
❑ Frequencies
❑ Multiplexing
❑ Signals ❑ Modulation
❑ Antenna ❑ Spread spectrum
❑ Signal propagation
Frequencies for communication
twisted coax cable optical transmission
pair
1 Mm 10 km 100 m 1m 10 mm 100 m 1 m
300 Hz 30 kHz 3 MHz 300 MHz 30 GHz 3 THz 300 THz
Radio transmission can take place using many different frequency bands. Radio
Frequency and wave length: transmission
= c/f
wave length , speed of light c 3x10 m/s, frequency f
8 Submarines
Frequencies for mobile communication
❑ VHF-/UHF-ranges for mobile radio
– simple, small antenna for cars
– deterministic propagation characteristics, reliable connections
❑ SHF and higher for directed microwave (radio )links (approx
2-40 GHz), fixed satellite communication
– small antenna, beam forming
– large bandwidth available
❑ Wireless LANs use frequencies in UHF to SHF range
– some systems planned up to EHF
– limitations due to absorption by water and oxygen molecules
(resonance frequencies)
• weather dependent fading, signal loss caused by heavy rainfall etc.
Frequencies and regulations
ITU-R holds auctions for new frequencies, manages frequency
bands worldwide (WRC, World Radio Conferences)
Europe USA Japan
t[s]
I= M cos
f [Hz]
• Composed signals transferred into frequency domain using Fourier
transformation
• Digital signals need
– infinite frequencies for perfect transmission
– modulation with a carrier frequency for transmission (analog signal!)
Antennas
• Antennas are used to radiate and receive EM waves
(energy)
• Antennas link this energy between the ether and a device
such as a transmission line (e.g., coaxial cable)
• Antennas consist of one or several radiating elements
through which an electric current circulates
• Types of antennas:
– omnidirectional
– Directional: applied in cellular networks, satellite dishes
– phased arrays
– adaptive
– optimal
• Principal characteristics used to characterize an antenna
are:
– radiation pattern
– directivity
– gain
– efficiency
Antennas: isotropic radiator
❑ Isotropic radiator: equal radiation in all directions (three
dimensional) - only a theoretical reference antenna
❑ Real antennas always have directive effects (vertically
and/or horizontally)
❑ Radiation pattern: measurement of radiation around an
antenna
z
y z
y x ideal
x isotropic
radiator
Antennas: simple dipoles
❑ Real antennas are not isotropic radiators but, e.g., dipoles with
lengths /4 on car roofs or /2 as Hertzian dipole
❑ ➔ shape of antenna proportional to wavelength
/4 /2
simple
x z x dipole
side view (xy-plane) side view (yz-plane) top view (xz-plane)
z
z
x
sectorized
x antenna
scattering diffraction
reflection
shadowing
Signal Propagation III
• Interference from other sources and noise will also impact signal
behavior:
– co-channel (mobile users in adjacent cells using same frequency) and
adjacent (mobile users using frequencies adjacent to
transmission/reception frequency) channel interference
– ambient noise from the radio transmitter components or other electronic
devices,
• Propagation characteristics differ with the environment through
and over which radio waves travel. Several types of environments
can be identified (dense urban, urban, suburban and rural) and
are classified according to the following parameters:
– terrain morphology
– vegetation density
– buildings: density and height
– open areas
– water surfaces
Path Loss
Multipath propagation
Signal can take many different paths between sender and
receiver due to reflection, scattering, diffraction
multipath
LOS pulses pulses
signal at sender
signal at receiver
For a 5s symbol duration a 1s delay spread means about a 20% intersymbol
overlap.
– The signal reaches a receiver directly and phase shifted (due to reflections)
➔ Distorted signal depending on the phases of the different parts, this is
referred to as Rayleigh fading, due to the distribution of the fades. It creates
fast fluctuations of the received signal (fast fading).
– Random frequency modulation due to Doppler shifts on the different paths.
Doppler shift is caused by a moving sender or receiver.
Multi-path propagation limits the maximum bandwidth due to ISI
and that moving transceivers cause additional
problems due to varying channel characteristics.
Effects of mobility
Channel characteristics change over time and location
– signal paths change
– different delay variations of different signal parts
– different phases of signal parts
➔ quick changes in the power received (short term fading)
long term
power fading
➢ Additional changes in
– distance to sender
– obstacles further away
Disadvantages:
❑ waste of bandwidth
if the traffic is
distributed unevenly
❑ inflexible
❑ guard spaces t
Time multiplexing
A channel gets the whole spectrum for a certain amount of time
Advantages:
❑ only one carrier in the
medium at any time
❑ throughput high even k1 k2 k3 k4 k5 k6
for many users
c
Disadvantages: f
❑ precise
synchronization
necessary
t
Time and frequency multiplex
Combination of both methods
A channel gets a certain frequency band for a certain amount of time
Example: GSM
Advantages:
– better protection against k1 k2 k3 k4 k5 k6
tapping
– protection against frequency c
selective interference
f
– higher data rates compared to
code multiplex
but: precise coordination
required
t
Code Division multiplexing (CDM)
Each channel has a unique code
k1 k2 k3 k4 k5 k6
All channels use the same spectrum
at the same time c
Advantages:
– bandwidth efficient
– no coordination and synchronization necessary
– good protection against interference and
tapping
f
Disadvantages:
– lower user data rates
– more complex signal regeneration
Digital modulation
– digital data is translated into an analog signal (baseband)
– ASK, FSK, PSK - main focus in this chapter
– differences in spectral efficiency, power efficiency, robustness
Analog modulation
– shifts center frequency of baseband signal up to the radio carrier
– Digital modulation translates a 1 Mbit/s bit-stream into a baseband signal with a
bandwidth of 1 MHz.
Motivation
– smaller antennas (e.g., /4)
– Frequency Division Multiplexing
– medium characteristics
Basic schemes
– Amplitude Modulation (AM)
– Frequency Modulation (FM)
– Phase Modulation (PM)
Modulation and demodulation
analog
baseband
digital
signal
data digital analog
101101001 modulation modulation radio transmitter
radio
carrier
analog
baseband
digital
signal
analog synchronization data
demodulation decision 101101001 radio receiver
radio
carrier
Digital modulation
Modulation of digital signals known as Shift
ASK is typically not 1used for wireless
0 1
radio
Keying transmission.
❑ Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK): Wired transmission scheme with the highest
– very simple performance, namely optical t
MSK
signal
t
spread
detection at interference
receiver
f f
protection against narrowband interference
Side effects:
– Increased complexity of receivers that have to despread the signal
– Large frequency band that is needed due to the spreading of the signal
Alternatives: Direct Sequence, Frequency Hopping
Effects of spreading and interference
dP/df dP/df
user signal
i) ii) broadband interference
narrowband interference
f f
sender
dP/df dP/df dP/df
iii) iv) v)
f f f
receiver
Spread Spectrum…
• It uses wideband, noise-like signals that are hard to
detect, intercept, or demodulate
• Signals are harder to jam (interfere with) than
narrow band signals
• Spread-spectrum signals are hard to detect on
narrow band equipment because the signal’s energy
is spread over a bandwidth or may be 100 times the
information bandwidth.
• The power level of the spread signal can be much
lower than that of the original narrowband signal
without losing data .
DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) I
XOR of the signal with pseudo-random number (chipping sequence)
– many chips per bit (e.g., 128) result in higher bandwidth of the signal
Advantages tb
– in cellular networks tc
chipping
• base stations can use the sequence
same frequency range 01101010110101 =
• several base stations can resulting
detect and recover the signal signal
1
0 Data stream: 1010
1
0 Random sequence: 0100101101011001
1
0 XOR of the two: 1011101110101001
DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum)
II
spread
spectrum transmit
user data signal signal
X modulator
chipping radio
sequence carrier
transmitter
correlator
lowpass sampled
received filtered products sums
signal signal data
demodulator X integrator decision
radio chipping
carrier sequence
receiver
DSSS…
• transmitter
– Spreading of the user data with a chipping sequence
(10110111000 so called Baker code)
– Modulating the spread signal with a radio carrier
• Receiver
– Demodulating the received signal (with the same
bandwidth as the original spread spectrum signal)
– Should know the original chipping sequence
– Synchronization is required (integrator)
FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum)
I
Discrete changes of carrier frequency
– sequence of frequency changes determined via pseudo random number
sequence
Two versions
– Fast Hopping:
several frequencies per user bit
– Slow Hopping:
several user bits per frequency
Advantages
– frequency selective fading and interference limited to short period
– simple implementation
– uses only small portion of spectrum at any time
Disadvantages
– not as robust as DSSS
– simpler to detect
FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum)
II
tb
user data
0 1 0 1 1 t
f
td
f3 slow
f2 hopping
(3 bits/hop)
f1
td t
f
f3 fast
f2 hopping
(3 hops/bit)
f1
frequency hopping
synthesizer sequence
transmitter
narrowband
received signal
signal data
demodulator demodulator
hopping frequency
sequence synthesizer
receiver
FHSS
• Transmitter
• Modulation of user data
• Performing frequency hopping based on hopping sequence
• Frequency hopping is fed into frequency synthesizer
• The second modulation generates a new spread signal (
modulated narrowband signal + carrier sense)
• Receiver
• Must know the hopping sequence and stayed synchronized.
• User inverse operations of the modulation to reconstruct
user data
Cell structure
• Implements space division multiplex: base station covers a certain
transmission area (cell)
• Mobile stations communicate only via the base station
7 cell cluster
f2 f2 f2
f1 f f1 f f1 f
3 h 3 h 3
h 2 h 2 3 cell cluster
g2 1 h3 g2 1 h3 g2
g1 g1 g1
g3 g3 g3 with 3 sector antennas
Cell breathing
• CDM systems: cell size depends on current load
• Additional traffic appears as noise to other users
• If the noise level is too high users drop out of
cells