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Frequency and Timing Offset Analysis in OFDM using GNU Radio

by G. Yamuna, T. Padmavathi, Varghese Thattil
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 126 - Number 15
Year of Publication: 2015
Authors: G. Yamuna, T. Padmavathi, Varghese Thattil
10.5120/ijca2015906271

G. Yamuna, T. Padmavathi, Varghese Thattil . Frequency and Timing Offset Analysis in OFDM using GNU Radio. International Journal of Computer Applications. 126, 15 ( September 2015), 13-18. DOI=10.5120/ijca2015906271

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2015906271,
author = { G. Yamuna, T. Padmavathi, Varghese Thattil },
title = { Frequency and Timing Offset Analysis in OFDM using GNU Radio },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { September 2015 },
volume = { 126 },
number = { 15 },
month = { September },
year = { 2015 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 13-18 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume126/number15/22627-2015906271/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2015906271 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A G. Yamuna
%A T. Padmavathi
%A Varghese Thattil
%T Frequency and Timing Offset Analysis in OFDM using GNU Radio
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 126
%N 15
%P 13-18
%D 2015
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

To enhance the performance and reduce the Inter Symbol Interference (ISI) at enhanced data rates in wireless communications, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is being used. The performance of OFDM is degraded due to frequency and timing offsets which increase the Bit Error Rate (BER) in the wireless communication. Frequency offsets are caused due to difference between transmitter / receiver oscillators and Doppler shift. Timing offsets are due to symbol timing and sampling clock drift. This is estimated and compensated in the receiver. In this paper packet based data transmission test bed has been implemented for OFDM to analyze frequency and time deviation. The effect of frequency offset and timing offset in packet reception over different modulation techniques like BPSK, QPSK is evaluated. By incorporating the noise voltage, normalized frequency and sample timing offset the channel model is simulated in the noisy environment and effect of these parameters considered to maximize the throughput. The OFDM packet based data transmission with offset correction is simulated by using GNU Radio which is free & open-source software tool that provides signal processing blocks with a facility of modifying codes in these blocks.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

OFDM BER Frequency offset Timing offset GNU Radio SDR.