Performance Analysis of OFDM in Frequency Selective, Slowly Fading Nakagami Channels

Abstract

In an effort to offer faster, more reliable wireless communications services to the public, many wireless standardization committees have, in recent years, adopted Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) as the modulation technique of choice. Given the incredible growth in the industry as manifest by the seemingly infinite demand for wireless products and services and the accompanying need for superior performance of these systems in congested and electronically demanding environments, it is evident that OFDM will be at the core of many future high data rate communications systems. This thesis examines the performance of OFDM in frequency-selective slowly fading Nakagami channels. The Nakagami channel is used in this study as it probably best models the propagation characteristics of the environments in which OFDM based systems will be applied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA401365

Entities

People

  • Patrick A. Count

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Code Division Multiple Access
  • Coding
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Rate
  • Decoding
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Mobile Phones
  • Modulation
  • Multiple Access
  • Multiplexing
  • Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • Random Variables
  • Wireless Communications

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics