IMPLEMENTATION OF OFDM

TRANSMITTER USING MATLAB AND

SIMULINK
MINI PROJECT REPORT
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the award of the Degree of Master of Technology in
Electronics and Communication Engineering with specialization
in Signal Processing,of the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University

SUBMITTED BY

MANEESHA M.S.

LBT15ECSP10

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

LBS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR WOMEN
Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram
April 2016

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

LBS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR WOMEN

Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram-695012

CERTIFICATE
Certified that this is a bonafide report of the thesis titledImplementation of
ofdm transmitter using MATLAB and SIMULINK presented by
MANEESHA M S
(LBT15ECSP10) of LBS Institute of Technology for
Women during the period January2016 May2016, in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Technology in
Electronics and Communication Engineering with specialization in Signal
Processing, of the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University.
Mrs. SUMA SEKHAR
Associate Professor
Department of ECE
(Miniproject Guide)

Mr. Ajay V G
Associate Professor
(Miniproject Coordinator)

Mrs. Deepambika V A
Assistant Professor
(Miniproject Coordinator)

Prof.Dr.Thampi Paul
Head of the Department

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

With great pleasure I express my sincere thanks to our principal Prof.Dr. K.C Raveendranathan
for rendering all the facilities for the completion of my Miniproject within the campus.
I am gratefully indebted to Prof.Dr.Thampi Paul, Head of the Department of Electronics and
Communication Engineering, my Miniproject coordinators Mr.Ajay V G and Mrs Deepambika V
A and my miniproject guide Mrs.Suma Sekhar, for their valuable advice and encouragement
which enabled me to complete this seminar successfully.
I also thank all other faculty members of Electronics and Communication Department for
their timely help and assistance.
Above all I praise and thank the Almighty God for the support, guidance and blessings
bestowed on me throughout my miniproject, which made it a success. My heartfelt gratitude
to my parents, well-wishers and friends who constantly motivated me and stood by me
to complete my venture.

ABSTRACT

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a Frequency Division Multiplexing

(FDM) technique used as a digital multi-carrier modulation method. A large number of closely
spaced sub carriers which are orthogonal are used to carry data on several parallel data streams.
OFDM uses the spectrum efficiently compared to Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
by spacing the channels much closer and creating all the carriers orthogonal to one another.
Orthogonality of the carriers prevents interference between the closely spaced carriers and
provides high bandwidth efficiency. This work focuses on design and implementation of OFDM
transmitter and receiver. Corresponding blocks of OFDM transmitter and receiver includes
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying(QPSK), Symbol Generator (SG), Zero Padding, Inverse Fast
Fourier Transform (IFFT), Cyclic Prefix, Output Module, Inverse Cyclic Prefix, Fast Fourier
Transform (FFT), Inverse Zero Padding, Inverse Symbol Generator and De-mapping block. 8Point IFFT and 8-Point FFT with radix-2 algorithm is used for IFFT and FFT blocks.

CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION

ORTHOGONALITY

OFDM GENERATION

3.1.SERIAL TO PARALLEL CONVERTER

3.2 QPSK MODULATION

3.3.INVERSE FOURIER TRANSFORM
3.4 .GUARD PERIOD
3.5 CYCLIC PREFIX

OFDM TRANSMITTERS

10

MATLAB CODE FOR OFDM TRANSMITTER

11

MATLAB RESULTS

14

IMPLEMENTION USING SIMULINK

7.1 DESIGNED MODEL

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CONCLUSION

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