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Antennas & Propagation

Signal Encoding

CSG 250
Spring 2005
Rajmohan Rajaraman

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Introduction
An antenna is an electrical conductor or
system of conductors
o Transmission - radiates electromagnetic energy
into space
o Reception - collects electromagnetic energy
from space
In two-way communication, the same
antenna can be used for transmission and
reception

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Radiation Patterns
Radiation pattern
o Graphical representation of radiation properties of an
antenna
o Depicted as two-dimensional cross section
Beam width (or half-power beam width)
o Measure of directivity of antenna
o Angle within which power radiated is at least half of that
in most preferred direction
Reception pattern
o Receiving antennas equivalent to radiation pattern
Omnidirectional vs. directional antenna

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Types of Antennas
Isotropic antenna (idealized)
o Radiates power equally in all directions
Dipole antennas
o Half-wave dipole antenna (or Hertz antenna)
o Quarter-wave vertical antenna (or Marconi antenna)
Parabolic Reflective Antenna
o Used for terrestrial microwave and satellite applications
o Larger the diameter, the more tightly directional is the
beam

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Antenna Gain
Antenna gain
o Power output, in a particular direction,
compared to that produced in any direction by
a perfect omnidirectional antenna (isotropic
antenna)
Expressed in terms of effective area
o Related to physical size and shape of antenna

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Antenna Gain
Relationship between antenna gain and effective
area

4Ae 4f 2 Ae
G
2
c 2

G = antenna gain
Ae = effective area
f = carrier frequency
c = speed of light ( 3 x 108 m/s)
= carrier wavelength

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Propagation Modes
Ground-wave propagation
Sky-wave propagation
Line-of-sight propagation

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Ground Wave Propagation

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Ground Wave Propagation
Follows contour of the earth
Can Propagate considerable distances
Frequencies up to 2 MHz
Example
o AM radio

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Sky Wave Propagation

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Sky Wave Propagation
Signal reflected from ionized layer of atmosphere
back down to earth
Signal can travel a number of hops, back and
forth between ionosphere and earths surface
Reflection effect caused by refraction
Examples
o Amateur radio
o CB radio

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Line-of-Sight Propagation

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Line-of-Sight Propagation
Transmitting and receiving antennas must be
within line of sight
o Satellite communication signal above 30 MHz not
reflected by ionosphere
o Ground communication antennas within effective line of
site due to refraction
Refraction bending of microwaves by the
atmosphere
o Velocity of electromagnetic wave is a function of the
density of the medium
o When wave changes medium, speed changes
o Wave bends at the boundary between mediums

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Line-of-Sight Equations
Optical line of sight
d 3.57 h
Effective, or radio, line of sight
d 3.57 h
d = distance between antenna and horizon
(km)
h = antenna height (m)
K = adjustment factor to account for
refraction, rule of thumb K = 4/3

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Line-of-Sight Equations
Maximum distance between two antennas
for LOS propagation:


3.57 h1 h2
h1 = height of antenna one
h2 = height of antenna two

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LOS Wireless Transmission
Impairments
Attenuation and attenuation distortion
Free space loss
Noise
Atmospheric absorption
Multipath
Refraction
Thermal noise

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Attenuation
Strength of signal falls off with distance over
transmission medium
Attenuation factors for unguided media:
o Received signal must have sufficient strength so that
circuitry in the receiver can interpret the signal
o Signal must maintain a level sufficiently higher than
noise to be received without error
o Attenuation is greater at higher frequencies, causing
distortion

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Free Space Loss
Free space loss, ideal isotropic antenna

Pt 4d 4fd
2 2

Pr 2
c 2

Pt = signal power at transmitting antenna


Pr = signal power at receiving antenna
= carrier wavelength
d = propagation distance between antennas
c = speed of light ( 3 x 108 m/s)
where d and are in the same units (e.g., meters)

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Free Space Loss
Free space loss equation can be recast:

Pt 4d
LdB 10 log 20 log
Pr
20 log 20 log d 21.98 dB

4fd
20 log 20 log f 20 log d 147.56 dB
c

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Free Space Loss
Free space loss accounting for gain of antennas

Pt 4 d d cd
2 2 2 2
2
Pr Gr Gt 2
Ar At f Ar At
Gt = gain of transmitting antenna
Gr = gain of receiving antenna
At = effective area of transmitting antenna
Ar = effective area of receiving antenna

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Free Space Loss
Free space loss accounting for gain of
other antennas can be recast as

LdB 20 log 20 log d 10 log At Ar

20 log f 20 log d 10 log At Ar 169.54dB

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Categories of Noise
Thermal Noise
Intermodulation noise
Crosstalk
Impulse Noise

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Thermal Noise
Thermal noise due to agitation of electrons
Present in all electronic devices and
transmission media
Cannot be eliminated
Function of temperature
Particularly significant for satellite
communication

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Thermal Noise
Amount of thermal noise to be found in a
bandwidth of 1Hz in any device or
conductor is:

N 0 kT W/Hz
N0 = noise power density in watts per 1 Hz of
bandwidth
k = Boltzmann's constant = 1.3803 x 10-23 J/K
T = temperature, in kelvins (absolute temperature)

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Thermal Noise
Noise is assumed to be independent of frequency
Thermal noise present in a bandwidth of B Hertz
(in watts):
N kTB
or, in decibel-watts

N 10 log k 10 log T 10 log B


228.6 dBW 10 log T 10 log B

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Noise Terminology
Intermodulation noise occurs if signals with
different frequencies share the same medium
o Interference caused by a signal produced at a
frequency that is the sum or difference of original
frequencies
Crosstalk unwanted coupling between signal
paths
Impulse noise irregular pulses or noise
spikes
o Short duration and of relatively high amplitude
o Caused by external electromagnetic disturbances, or
faults and flaws in the communications system
o Primary source of error for digital data transmission

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Expression Eb/N0
Ratio of signal energy per bit to noise power
density per Hertz

Eb S / R S

N0 N0 kTR
The bit error rate for digital data is a function of
Eb/N0
o Given a value for Eb/N0 to achieve a desired error rate,
parameters of this formula can be selected
o As bit rate R increases, transmitted signal power must
increase to maintain required Eb/N0

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Other Impairments
Atmospheric absorption water vapor and
oxygen contribute to attenuation
Multipath obstacles reflect signals so that
multiple copies with varying delays are
received
Refraction bending of radio waves as
they propagate through the atmosphere

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Multipath Propagation
Reflection - occurs when signal encounters a
surface that is large relative to the wavelength of
the signal
Diffraction - occurs at the edge of an
impenetrable body that is large compared to
wavelength of radio wave
Scattering occurs when incoming signal hits an
object whose size is in the order of the
wavelength of the signal or less

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Effects of Multipath Propagation
Multiple copies of a signal may arrive at
different phases
o If phases add destructively, the signal level
relative to noise declines, making detection
more difficult
Intersymbol interference (ISI)
o One or more delayed copies of a pulse may
arrive at the same time as the primary pulse
for a subsequent bit

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Fading
Time variation of received signal power
caused by changes in the transmission
medium or path(s)
In a fixed environment:
o Changes in atmospheric conditions
In a mobile environment:
o Multipath propagation

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Types of Fading
Fast fading
Slow fading
Flat fading
Selective fading
Rayleigh fading
Rician fading

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Error Compensation Mechanisms
Forward error correction
Adaptive equalization
Diversity techniques

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Forward Error Correction
Transmitter adds error-correcting code to data
block
o Code is a function of the data bits
Receiver calculates error-correcting code from
incoming data bits
o If calculated code matches incoming code, no error
occurred
o If error-correcting codes dont match, receiver attempts
to determine bits in error and correct

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Adaptive Equalization
Can be applied to transmissions that carry analog
or digital information
o Analog voice or video
o Digital data, digitized voice or video
Used to combat intersymbol interference
Involves gathering dispersed symbol energy back
into its original time interval
Techniques
o Lumped analog circuits
o Sophisticated digital signal processing algorithms

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Diversity Techniques
Space diversity:
o Use multiple nearby antennas and combine received
signals to obtain the desired signal
o Use collocated multiple directional antennas
Frequency diversity:
o Spreading out signal over a larger frequency bandwidth
o Spread spectrum
Time diversity:
o Noise often occurs in bursts
o Spreading the data out over time spreads the errors and
hence allows FEC techniques to work well
o TDM
o Interleaving

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Signal Encoding Techniques

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Reasons for Choosing Encoding
Techniques
Digital data, digital signal
o Equipment less complex and expensive than
digital-to-analog modulation equipment
Analog data, digital signal
o Permits use of modern digital transmission and
switching equipment

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Reasons for Choosing Encoding
Techniques
Digital data, analog signal
o Some transmission media will only propagate
analog signals
o E.g., unguided media
Analog data, analog signal
o Analog data in electrical form can be
transmitted easily and cheaply
o Done with voice transmission over voice-grade
lines

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Signal Encoding Criteria
What determines how successful a receiver will be
in interpreting an incoming signal?
o Signal-to-noise ratio
o Data rate
o Bandwidth
An increase in data rate increases bit error rate
An increase in SNR decreases bit error rate
An increase in bandwidth allows an increase in
data rate

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Comparing Encoding Schemes
Signal spectrum
o With lack of high-frequency components, less bandwidth
required
o With no dc component, ac coupling via transformer
possible
o Transfer function of a channel is worse near band edges
Clocking
o Ease of determining beginning and end of each bit
position

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Comparing Encoding Schemes
Signal interference and noise immunity
o Performance in the presence of noise
Cost and complexity
o The higher the signal rate to achieve a given data rate,
the greater the cost

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Digital Data to Analog Signals
Amplitude-shift keying (ASK)
o Amplitude difference of carrier frequency
Frequency-shift keying (FSK)
o Frequency difference near carrier frequency
Phase-shift keying (PSK)
o Phase of carrier signal shifted

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Amplitude-Shift Keying
One binary digit represented by presence of
carrier, at constant amplitude
Other binary digit represented by absence of
carrier

A cos2f ct binary 1
s t

0 binary 0

where the carrier signal is Acos(2fct)

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Amplitude-Shift Keying
Susceptible to sudden gain changes
Inefficient modulation technique
On voice-grade lines, used up to 1200 bps
Used to transmit digital data over optical
fiber

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Binary Frequency-Shift Keying
(BFSK)
Two binary digits represented by two different
frequencies near the carrier frequency


A cos2f1t binary 1
s t

A cos2f 2t binary 0

where f1 and f2 are offset from carrier frequency fc by equal


but opposite amounts

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Binary Frequency-Shift Keying
(BFSK)
Less susceptible to error than ASK
On voice-grade lines, used up to 1200bps
Used for high-frequency (3 to 30 MHz)
radio transmission
Can be used at higher frequencies on LANs
that use coaxial cable

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Multiple Frequency-Shift Keying
(MFSK)
More than two frequencies are used
More bandwidth efficient but more susceptible to
error

si t A cos 2f i t 1 i M
f i = f c + (2i 1 M)f d
f c = the carrier frequency
f d = the difference frequency
M = number of different signal elements = 2 L

L = number of bits per signal element

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Multiple Frequency-Shift Keying
(MFSK)
To match data rate of input bit stream,
each output signal element is held for:
Ts=LT seconds
where T is the bit period (data rate = 1/T)
So, one signal element encodes L bits

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Multiple Frequency-Shift Keying
(MFSK)
Total bandwidth required
2Mfd
Minimum frequency separation required
2fd=1/Ts
Therefore, modulator requires a bandwidth
of
Wd=2L/LT=M/Ts

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Multiple Frequency-Shift Keying
(MFSK)

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Phase-Shift Keying (PSK)
Two-level PSK (BPSK)
o Uses two phases to represent binary digits

A cos2f ct
binary 1
s t
A cos2f ct
binary 0

A cos2f ct
binary 1

A cos2f ct
binary 0

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Phase-Shift Keying (PSK)
Differential PSK (DPSK)
o Phase shift with reference to previous bit
Binary 0 signal burst of same phase as previous
signal burst
Binary 1 signal burst of opposite phase to previous
signal burst

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Phase-Shift Keying (PSK)
Four-level PSK (QPSK)
o Each element represents more than one bit


A cos 2f c t
4
11


A cos 2f c t
3

s t
01
4
3
A cos 2f c t

00
4

A cos 2f c t
10
4
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Phase-Shift Keying (PSK)
Multilevel PSK
o Using multiple phase angles with each angle having
more than one amplitude, multiple signals elements can
be achieved
R R
D
L log 2 M
D = modulation rate, baud
R = data rate, bps
M = number of different signal elements = 2L
L = number of bits per signal element

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Performance
Bandwidth of modulated signal (BT)
o ASK, PSK BT=(1+r)R
o FSK BT=2DF+(1+r)R

R = bit rate
0 < r < 1; related to how signal is filtered
DF = f2-fc=fc-f1

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Performance
Bandwidth of modulated signal (BT)
1 r 1 r
o MPSK BT R R
L log 2 M
1 r M
o MFSK BT R
log 2 M
L = number of bits encoded per signal element
M = number of different signal elements

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Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QAM is a combination of ASK and PSK
o Two different signals sent simultaneously on
the same carrier frequency

st d1 t cos 2f ct d 2 t sin 2f ct

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Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
Analog Data to Analog Signal
Modulation of digital signals
o When only analog transmission facilities are
available, digital to analog conversion required
Modulation of analog signals
o A higher frequency may be needed for effective
transmission
o Modulation permits frequency division
multiplexing

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Mopdulation Techniques
Amplitude modulation (AM)
Angle modulation
o Frequency modulation (FM)
o Phase modulation (PM)

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Amplitude Modulation
Amplitude Modulation

st 1 na xt cos 2f ct
cos2fct = carrier
x(t) = input signal
na = modulation index (< 1)
Ratio of amplitude of input signal to carrier
o a.k.a double sideband transmitted carrier
(DSBTC)

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Amplitude Modulation
Transmitted power
na 2
Pt Pc 1

2
Pt = total transmitted power in s(t)
Pc = transmitted power in carrier

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Single Sideband (SSB)
Variant of AM is single sideband (SSB)
o Sends only one sideband
o Eliminates other sideband and carrier
Advantages
o Only half the bandwidth is required
o Less power is required
Disadvantages
o Suppressed carrier cant be used for synchronization
purposes

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Angle Modulation
Angle modulation
st Ac cos2f ct t
Phase modulation
o Phase is proportional to modulating signal
t n p mt
np = phase modulation index

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Angle Modulation
Frequency modulation
o Derivative of the phase is proportional to
modulating signal

' t n f mt
nf = frequency modulation index

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Angle Modulation
Compared to AM, FM and PM result in a
signal whose bandwidth:
o is also centered at fc
o but has a magnitude that is much different

Thus, FM and PM require greater


bandwidth than AM

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Angle Modulation
Carsons rule
BT 2 1B
where
n p Am
for PM
F n f Am
for FM
B 2B
The formula for FM becomes

BT 2F 2B

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Analog Data to Digital Signal
Digitization: Often analog data are
converted to digital form
Once analog data have been converted to
digital signals, the digital data:
o can be transmitted using NRZ-L
o can be encoded as a digital signal using a code
other than NRZ-L
o can be converted to an analog signal, using
previously discussed techniques

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Analog data to digital signal
Pulse code modulation (PCM)
Delta modulation (DM)

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Pulse Code Modulation
Based on the sampling theorem
Each analog sample is assigned a binary
code
o Analog samples are referred to as pulse
amplitude modulation (PAM) samples
The digital signal consists of block of n
bits, where each n-bit number is the
amplitude of a PCM pulse

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Pulse Code Modulation
By quantizing the PAM pulse, original
signal is only approximated
Leads to quantizing noise
Signal-to-noise ratio for quantizing noise

SNR dB 20 log 2 1.76 dB 6.02n 1.76 dB


n

Thus, each additional bit increases SNR by


6 dB, or a factor of 4

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Delta Modulation
Analog input is approximated by staircase
function
o Moves up or down by one quantization level ()
at each sampling interval
The bit stream approximates derivative of
analog signal (rather than amplitude)
o 1 is generated if function goes up
o 0 otherwise

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Delta Modulation
Delta Modulation
Two important parameters
o Size of step assigned to each binary digit ()
o Sampling rate
Accuracy improved by increasing sampling
rate
o However, this increases the data rate
Advantage of DM over PCM is the simplicity
of its implementation

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