Week 1
三个影响信号的因素
Attenuation
- means the loss of energy
Distortion
- signal changes in its form or shape
Noise
- is the main source of a signal being corrupted
Circuit Switching vs Pkt Switching
先说分别是什么
Circuit Switching:
- a dedicated path connecting source and destination is establish.
Pkt Switching:
- data is split into pkt that can follow different paths to reach their destination
两者的对比
Cicuit switching
- resources are guarenteed but they must be wasted
Pkt switching
- resouces are not guaranted but they can be shared
Souce coding
Principles of source coding with the designed code
- the event with high probability use short code
- the event with low probability use long code
Sampling
Explain the Sampling Theorem with appropriate diagrams (explain in both from time domain and frequency domain)
- Given f m a x f_{max} fmax is the highest frequenct present in the origin signal and f s f_s fs is the sampling frequency (解释接下来用到的变量)
- Sampling theorem states: To prevent aliasing and hence to allow the original signal to be recovered the sampling frequency f s f_s fs must be given by: f s > = 2 f m a x fs >= 2f_{max} fs>=2fmax
- In frequency domain, the frequency relicas repeat around multiples of the sampling frequency.
- Frequency domain and easy to implement filter
加上时域离散化的图,和频域周期化的图
Entropy / Huffman
average code length
- 加权平均数
information content
- I = l o g 2 ( 1 / p i ) I = log_2(1/p_i) I=log2(1/pi)
source entropy
- 不同概率Symbol下的entropy
maximum entropy
- 方法1:等概率算
- 方法2: l o g 2 ( N ) log_2(N) log2(N) , N 为所需比特数
source efficiency
- η s o u r c e = H / H m a x η_{source}=H/H_{max} ηsource=H/Hmax
code efficiency
- η c o d e = H / A v e r a g e C o d e L e n g t h η_{code} = H/AverageCodeLength ηcode=H/AverageCodeLength
Channel Capacity
maximum symbol rate
- 2 W 2W 2W
maximum bit rate
- C C C
最大的bit/sym
- C b i t / s y m = C b i t / s e c 2 W C_{bit/sym} = \frac{C_{bit/sec}}{2W} Cbit/sym=2WCbit/sec
Spectral efficiency
- η = R b / W η=R_b/W η=Rb/W
Week 3
Synchronisation
Digital communication usually need at least three types of synchronisation signals:
- Bit sync, to distinguish one bit interval from another
- Frame sync, to distinguish groups of data
- Carrier sync, for bandpass signalling with coherent detection
ISI
How to reduce ISI
- can be reduce by increasing the channel bandwidth
- Reshape the pulse from the transmitter to minimise the ISI
Eye pattern
What eye patterns provide?
- Time error, given by width insigh the eye
- Sensitivity to timing error, given by the slope of the open eye
- Noise margin, given by the height of the eye opening
Week 4
Modulation
Characteristics of ASK
- Amplitude difference of carrier frequency
Characteristics of FSK
- Frequency difference near carrier frequency
Characteristics of QSK
- Phase of carrier signal shifted
Multiple Access [FDMA/TDMA/CDMA/OFDMA]
What is FDMA, key feature and application
- Frequency Division Multiple Access
- Key feature: different frequency bands are assigned to different users
- Assign each user to a particular channel
- Transmit signals simultaneously and continuously to enable multiple users to share the same channel simultaneously
- Application: 1G system
Advantages and Disadvantages of FDMA
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Low overhead
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Simple hardware at users and base stations
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DisAd
- If no talking, channel resource waste
- Require tight radio frequency filter
What is TDMA, key feature and application
- Time Division Multi Access
- Key feature: different time slots are assigned to different users
- Single carrier frequency with multiple users
- Non-continuous transmission
- Each user occupies a cyclically repeating time slot
- Application: 2G
Advantages and Disadvantages of TDMA
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Interference-free technique
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Low battery consumption
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Slots can be assigned on demand
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DisAd
- CLOCK required
- Large synchronization overheads
What is GSM Multiple Access
- TDMA on each carrier
- FDMA on multiple carrier
What is CDMA, key feature and application
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Code division multiple access
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Key feature: different codes are assigned to different users
- All users user same time and frequency
- Narrowband signals multiplied by wideband spread codes
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Application: some 2G and 3G
Advantages and Disadvantages of TDMA
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Each addition of more users
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No absolute limit on the number of users
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DisAd
- QoS decreases as the number of the users increase
- Near-far problem exists (Power control is required)
CDMA for 3G Multiple Access (相当于总结)
- FDMA: different frequency bands are assigned to different users
- TDMA: different time slot are assigned to different users
- CDMA: different codes are assigned to different users
What is OFDMA, key feature and application
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Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
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OFMDA is a multi-user version of the popular OFDM digital modulation scheme.
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Multiple access is achieved in OFDMA by assigning subsets of subcarrieres to individual users
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Application: 4G and 5G system
Why OFDM popular (Advantages)
- Thousands of PSK/QAM symbol can be simultaneously transimitted in one OFDM symbol
- higher spectral efficiency in real-life time dispersive channels
- More robust
- Easy to integrate MIMO technologies
- lower cost
Cyclic Prefix (Guard Interval)
中间那行字:By adding the Guard Interval Period, ISI can be avoided
OFDM modulator
OFDM demodulator
Cluster
What is the effect of the cluster size for frequency reuse in the cellular communication systems
- Bigger cluster will result in
- Less interference from the next cell using the same frequency (好)
- lower capacity - bandwidth available in cell is F A / N F_A/N FA/N (不好)