EEC4113Data Communication &
Multimedia SystemChapter 3: Broadband Encoding
by Muhazam Mustapha, October 2011
Learning Outcome
• By the end of this chapter, students are expected to be able to explain link level broadband encoding for transmission
Chapter Content
• Amplitude Shift Keying
• Frequency Shift Keying
• Phase Shift Keying
• Pulse Width Modulation
• Quadrature Modulation
• Spread Spectrum Technology
Amplitude Shift Keying
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Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)
• Values represented by different amplitudes of carrier frequency
• It is similar to Amplitude Modulation (AM) in analog communication, but with only two levels of amplitude
• Usually, one amplitude is zero – i.e. presence and absence of carrier
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Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)
• Susceptible to sudden changes in gain
• Up to 1200bps on voice grade lines
• Used over optical fiber
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Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
0binary
1binary
0
)2sin()(
tfA
ts c
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Frequency Shift Keying
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Frequency Shift Keying (FSK)
• Different frequency used to represent data
• Two types:– Binary FSK (BFSK)– Multiple FSK (MFSK)
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FSK on Voice Grade Line
Signal strength
Frequency (Hz)1170 2125
Spectrum of signal transmitted in one direction Spectrum of signal
transmitted in opposite direction
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Multiple FSK
• More than two frequencies used
• Each signaling element represents more than one bit– Example: 3 bits per signal element, 8 signal
elements, 8 different frequencies
• Advantage: More bandwidth efficient
• Disadvantage: More prone to error
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Binary Frequency Shift Keying (BFSK)
• Most common form of FSK
• Two binary values are represented by two different frequencies
• It is similar to Frequency Modulation (FM) in analog communication, but with only two frequencies
• Less susceptible to error than ASK
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Binary Frequency Shift Keying (BFSK)
• Up to 1200bps on voice grade lines
• High frequency radio transmission (3 to 30 MHz)
• Even higher frequency on LANs using coaxial cable
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Binary Frequency Shift Keying (BFSK)
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
0binary
1binary
)2sin(
)2sin()(
2
1
tfA
tfAts
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Phase Shift Keying
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Phase Shift Keying (PSK)
• Phase of carrier signal is shifted to represent data
FSK PSKASK
QAM
Broadband signaling
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Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK)
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
0binary
1binary
)2sin(
)2sin()(
tfA
tfAts
c
c
• Two phases represent two binary digits
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Differential Phase Shift Keying (DPSK)
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
• Binary 1: Phase change
• Binary 0: No phase change
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Pulse Width Modulation
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)
• The width (duration) of the pulse is used to represent data
• In analog communication, PWM needs continuous width values to represent the analog waveform at certain sampling instances
• In data (digital) communication, the pulses can have discrete values of width
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)
• An integrator or timing circuit can be used to decode the carried bits
10 01 11 01 00Data
Pulse
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Quadrature Modulation
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Quadrature PSK (QPSK)• More efficient use by each signal representing
more than one bit– e.g. for shifts of π/2 (90°), each element represents two
bits
10 4
2sin
00 4
32sin
01 4
32sin
11 4
2sin
)(
c
c
c
c
fA
fA
fA
fA
ts
135°:01 45°:11
315°:10
Constellation diagram for QPSK
225°:00
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Quadrature PSK (QPSK)• Alternative choice of phases:
270°:11
Constellation diagram
90°:01
180°:10 0°:00
Dibit Phase
00 0
01 90
10 180
11 270
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00 11 01 00 10
Quadrature PSK (QPSK)
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Phase Detector
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Signal
Signal
Signal
Signal
phase leading
phase lagging
phase lagging
phase lagging
phase lagging
phase leading
phase leading
phase leading
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OQPSK (Offset / Orthogonal)
• QPSK sometimes causes a phase change of 180° (π).
• Phase change of 180° sometimes means discontinuity jump, and it is the largest possible jump.
• The jump causes a large amplitude of high frequency and small amplitude of low frequency in transmission, and if it is low pass filtered, then the signal will experience a large fluctuation during the phase change.
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Examples: QPSK & OQPSK Waveforms
2 4 6 8 10bit number
1 1 −1 −1 1−1 1 −1 1 1value
I I I I IQ Q Q Q Q
input signal
I(t)
Q(t)
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
phase of output signal −π/4 π/4 −3π/4 3π/4 π/4
Q(t−Tb)
phase of output signal −π/4 π/4 −3π/4 3π/4 π/4−π/4 3π/4 −3π/4 π/4
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OQPSK
• OQPSK was designed to reduce this fluctuation by delaying one of the signal combined in the modulator.
• Revisit the example: Transition between bit 3-4 & 5-6 causes 180° in QPSK, but OQPSK signal made a gradual 2 steps of 90°. This reduces the fluctuation.
• The signal would be strobed at the right time to get the right binary combination.
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QPSK and OQPSK Modulators• Offset QPSK (orthogonal QPSK)
– Delay in Q stream
π/2
Σ2 bit
serial to parallelconversion
DelayTb
binary input
bTR
1
R/2 bps
R/2 bps
I(t)an = ±1
Q(t)bn = ±1
carrier
frequency
phase shift
output
s(n)
OQPSK only
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input signal
I(t)
Q(t)
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2
3
4
5
6
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8
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10
phase of output signal −π/4 π/4 −3π/4 3π/4 π/4
Q(t−Tb)
phase of output signal −π/4 π/4 −3π/4 3π/4 π/4−π/4 3π/4 −3π/4 π/4
180° transition
two 90° transitions
OQPSK
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Multilevel PSK• More levels taking more than 2 bits at a time
– e.g. Transmit 3 bits at a time by using 8 phase angles (8-PSK)
– Further, each angle can have more than one amplitude (QAM)
Constellation diagram
010Tribit Phase
000 0
001 45
010 90
011 135
100 180
101 225
110 270
111 315
011
100
101
110
111
000
001
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Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)• QAM used on Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
(ADSL) and some wireless standards• Combination of ASK and PSK• Logical extension of QPSK• Send different signals simultaneously on same
carrier frequency– Signals are distinguished by phase and amplitude
difference
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QAM Constellations
010
011
100101
110
111
000 001
01
10 11
00
4-QAM1 amplitude 4 phases
8-QAM2 amplitudes 4
phases
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QAM Constellations
3 amplitudes 12 phases
16-QAM
16-QAM
4 amplitudes 8 phases2 amplitudes 8 phases
16-QAM
Standard 9600 bps modem use 12 angles, four of which have twoamplitudes for a total of 16 different signal elements
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Spread Spectrum Technology
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Spread Spectrum Technology
• Spread spectrum technology is a method whereby a signal is being transmitted over a bandwidth much wider than the required bandwidth to transmit the intended information.
• The main reason for the technology is security.– The signal that has been scattered over a large
bandwidth can easily be scrambled and become hard to detect or interpret
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Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)
• The communication is done over many carrier frequencies that is changed randomly
• Sequence:– Initiating side sends a request via a predefined
frequency– The receiving side sends a number, known as seed– The initiating side uses the number to calculate a
sequence of frequencies to be used– The initiating side sends a synchronization signal
through the first frequency in the sequence– Both sides would then continue communication via
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Signal strength
Frequency (Hz)
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)
Carrier frequency hops from channel to channel
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Carrier Frequency
Time
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) Carrier frequencies are
chosen at random over times
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3
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8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
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Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
• The communication is done over many phase modulations that is applied randomly
• The original modulated signal is further phase modulated at random phases – called chips– The rate of chips are much higher than the data rate
• The receiver should know the same sequence of chips– The original data can then be retrieved by removing the
chips
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Signal strength
Frequency (Hz)
Narrow Band Spectrum
Spread Spectrum
Noise Level
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
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Other Spread Spectrum Technologies
• Time Hopping Spread Spectrum (THSS)– Data is burst at random times
Time
bursts
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Other Spread Spectrum Technologies
• Chirp Spread Spectrum (CSS)– A chirp is sinusoidal signal that increases or decreases
over some period of time– CSS data is transmitted over a pulse that is modulated
by chirp (time varying carrier frequency)
Frequency (Hz)
data spectrum at start of pulse
data spectrum at end of pulse
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