Comparative Study of Bit Error Rate of Different M-ary Modulation Techniques in AWGN Channel

Bourdillon O. Omijeh; Ifiokabasi Eyo

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Comparative Study of Bit Error Rate of Different M-ary Modulation Techniques in AWGN Channel

Bourdillon O. Omijeh, Ifiokabasi Eyo

Published in American Journal of Networks and Communications (Volume 5, Issue 5)

Received: 22 August 2016 Accepted: 31 August 2016 Published: 24 September 2016

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This paper focuses on various digital modulation schemes and their effect on bit error rate (BER); and to ascertain which has the lowest bit error rate. Further analysis includes: to compare bit error rates of various digital modulation schemes using the M-ary modulation technique, analyse the effect of varying signal energy per bit to Noise ratio (E_b/N_o) on the error rate of various digital modulation schemes, analyse graphically the relationship between E_b/N_o and BER, analyse graphically the relationship between BER and M-ary number. A model-based design methodology was employed in the research using MATLAB/SIMULINK. The comparison between different M-ary (M-PAM, M-PSK, and M-QAM) (M = 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64) modulation schemes in normal AWGN channel was done. By analysing the graphical illustration of E_b/N_o vs BER of these M-PSK schemes it was strongly observed that increase in the value of M causes a correspondent increase in the error rate. Therefore, as the error rate increases with increasing M; lower level should be used for long distance communication and vice versa. High level modulation techniques are always preferred for high data rate.

Published in	American Journal of Networks and Communications (Volume 5, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajnc.20160505.11
Page(s)	82-90
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Bit Error Rate, Digital Modulation, Additive White Gaussian Noise, Simulink

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Bourdillon O. Omijeh, Ifiokabasi Eyo. (2016). Comparative Study of Bit Error Rate of Different M-ary Modulation Techniques in AWGN Channel. American Journal of Networks and Communications, 5(5), 82-90. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajnc.20160505.11

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Bourdillon O. Omijeh, Ifiokabasi Eyo. Comparative Study of Bit Error Rate of Different M-ary Modulation Techniques in AWGN Channel. Am J Netw Commun. 2016;5(5):82-90. doi: 10.11648/j.ajnc.20160505.11

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Bourdillon O. Omijeh

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Ifiokabasi Eyo

Centre for Information and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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