Problem 1
Consider a ternary communication system where the source
produces three possible symbols: 0, 1, 2.
a) Assign three modulation signals
s
1
t
s
1
t
,
s
2
t
s
2
t
, and
s
3
t
s
3
t
defined on
t∈0T
t
0
T
to these symbols, 0, 1, and 2, respectively. Make sure that
these signals are not orthogonal and assume that the symbols
have an equal probability of being generated.
b) Consider an orthonormal basis
ψ
1
t
ψ
1
t
,
ψ
2
t
ψ
2
t
, ...,
ψ
N
t
ψ
N
t
to represent these three signals. Obviously
NN could be either 1, 2, or 3.
Now consider two different receivers to decide which one of
the symbols were transmitted when
r
t
=
s
m
t+
N
t
r
t
s
m
t
N
t
is received where
m=123
m
1
2
3
and
N
t
N
t
is a zero mean white Gaussian process with
S
N
f=
N
0
2
S
N
f
N
0
2
for all ff. What is
f
r
|
s
m
(
t
)
f
r
|
s
m
(
t
)
and what is
f
Y
|
s
m
(
t
)
f
Y
|
s
m
(
t
)
?
Find the probability that
m
^
≠m
m
^
m
for both receivers.
P
e
=Pr
m
^
≠m
P
e
m
^
m
.
Problem 2
Proakis and Salehi problems 7.18, 7.26, and 7.32
Problem 3
Suppose our modulation signals are
s
1
t
s
1
t
and
s
2
t
s
2
t
where
s
1
t=ⅇ-t2
s
1
t
t
2
for all tt and
s
2
t=-
s
1
t
s
2
t
s
1
t
.
The channel noise is AWGN with zero mean and spectral height
N
0
2
N
0
2
.
The signals are transmitted equally likely.
Find the impulse response of the optimum filter. Find the
signal component of the output of the matched filter at
t=T
t
T
where
s
1
t
s
1
t
is transmitted; i.e.,
u
1
t
u
1
t
.
Find the probability of error
Pr
m
^
≠m
m
^
m
.
In this part, assume that the power spectral density of the
noise is not flat and in fact is
S
N
f=12πf2+α2
S
N
f
1
2
f
2
α
2
(1)
for all
ff, where
αα is real and positive. Can
you show that the optimum filter in this case is a cascade of
two filters, one to whiten the noise and one to match to the
signal at the output of the whitening filter?
c) Find an expression for the probability of error.