Comparative Performance Study on Wavelet Based Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Using Different Wavelets
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2007-03
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
As we move in to the future there is a rising demand for high performance, high capacity
and high bit rate wireless communication systems to integrate wide variety of
communication services such as high-speed data, video and multimedia traffic as well as
voice signals. As proven by the success of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
(OFDM), it provides an efficient means to handle high-speed data streams over a multipath
fading environment .Conventional OFDM implementation uses Fourier filters for data
modulation and demodulation , via the inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) and fast
Fourier transform (FFT) respectively. Much research suggests wavelet OFDM
implementation provides performance gains over Fourier based OFDM, due to superior
spectral containment properties of wavelet filters. All the characteristics of OFDM
modulated signals are directly dependent on the set of waveforms of which it makes use.
Several authors have foreseen wavelet theory as good plat form on which to build OFDM
waveform bases.
In this work the performance of five different most widely used Wavelet bases OFDM
schemes over wireless channels is studied and wavelet basis that will be suitable for
OFDM, for its optimum performance gains will be investigated. The bit error rate (BER)
versus signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and an elapsed time for simulation of wavelet OFDM
are used as a measure of the system performance.
The results show that the wavelet based orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
(OFDM) system operates at its optimum performance with wavelets of Daubechies family.
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Different Wavelets