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Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing. Ideal system model for a time-invariant AWGN channel. Transmitter.
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Transmitter • An OFDM carrier signal is the sum of a number of orthogonal sub-carriers, with baseband data on each sub-carrier being independently modulated commonly using some type of quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) or phase-shift keying (PSK). This composite baseband signal is typically used to modulate a main RF carrier
s[n] is a serial stream of binary digits. By inverse multiplexing, these are first demultiplexed into N parallel streams, and each one mapped to a (possibly complex) symbol stream using some modulation constellation (QAM, PSK,etc.). • Note that the constellations may be different, so some streams may carry a higher bit-rate than others.
An inverse FFT is computed on each set of symbols, giving a set of complex time-domain samples. These samples are then quadrature-mixed to passband in the standard way. The real and imaginary components are first converted to the analogue domain using digital-to-analogue converters (DACs); the analogue signals are then used to modulate cosine and sine waves at the carrier frequency, fc, respectively. These signals are then summed to give the transmission signal, s(t).
Receiver The receiver picks up the signal r(t), which is then quadrature-mixed down to baseband using cosine and sine waves at the carrier frequency. This also creates signals centered on 2fc, so low-pass filters are used to reject these. The baseband signals are then sampled and digitised using analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs), and a forward FFT is used to convert back to the frequency domain.
This returns N parallel streams, each of which is converted to a binary stream using an appropriate symbol detector. These streams are then re-combined into a serial stream, , which is an estimate of the original binary stream at the transmitter.
Terrestrial digital radio and television broadcasting Terrestrial Broadcasting of Digital Television • DVB-T • DVB-H • T-DMB • Radio • EUREKA 147 • DAB • Digital Radio Mondiale • HD Radio • T-DMB
DVB-T • Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for digital terrestrial television • The standard calls for the exclusive use of COFDM for modulation • DVB-T is now widely used in Europe and elsewhere for terrestrial digital TV
COFDM Europe Immune to multipath distortion Immune to signal fading due to atmospheric conditions or passing of aircrafts Urban areas 8VSB USA Immune to multipath distortion due to advances in demodulator designs Lesser transmission power requirement Less populated areas COFDM vs. VSB
Digital radio digital audio broadcasting (DAB) the standard for digital audio broadcasting at VHF frequencies • Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) • the standard for digital broadcasting at shortwave and mediumwave frequencies (below 30 MHz).
HD Radio • USA standard • a proprietary system developed by iBiquity • However, it uses COFDM as the underlying broadcast technology to add digital audio to AM (medium wave) and FM broadcasts
Digital Radio Mondiale and HD Radio are classified as in-band on-channel systems Eureka 147 which uses separate VHF or UHF frequency bands
BST-OFDM used in ISDB • Band Segmented Transmission Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing • proposed for Japan • improves ISDB-T, ISDB-TSB & ISDB-C broadcasting systems — upon COFDM by exploiting the fact that some OFDM carriers may be modulated differently from others within the same multiplex
The 6 MHz television channel may therefore be "segmented", with different segments being modulated differently and used for different services
for example, to send an audio service on a segment that includes a segment comprised of a number of carriers, a data service on another segment and a television service on yet another segment - all within the same 6 MHz television channel. Furthermore, these may be modulated with different parameters so that, for example, the audio and data services could be optimized for mobile reception, while the television service is optimized for stationary reception in a high-multipath environment.
Flash-OFDM • Fast Low-latency Access with Seamless Handoff Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing • a system that is based on OFDM and specifies also higher protocol layers • developed and is marketed by Flarion • a packet-switched cellular bearer, on which area it would compete with GSM and 3G networks
Finland - @450MHz NMT a 1G analog network American wireless carrier Sprint Nextelhad stated plans for field testing Flash-OFDM @ 2.5 GHz frequency range Sprint subsequently has decided to deploy the mobile version of WiMAX, which is based on SOFDMA, scalable orthogonal frequency division multiple access technology.
T-Mobile already offers Flash-OFDM connection to its subscribers in Slovakia. • Maximum download speed is 5.3 Mbit/s, • Upload speed is limited to 1.8 Mbit/s Citizens Telephone Cooperative launched a Flash-OFDM service to subscribers in parts of Virginia in March, 2006. • The maximum speed available is 1.5 Mbit/s
