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can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Deriving SER & BER for 4QAM, 16QAM and 32QAM up vote 0 down vote favorite Required to find symbol error rate vs $\dfrac{E_b}{N_0}$ for 4QAM, 16QAM & 32QAM. Thought that SER & BER are the same but did my research to find that BER is $\dfrac{1}{\log_2(M)}$ of SER...(could you probability of error for 16 qam please confirm this?) Also found SER for: 4QAM to be: $\text{erfc}\sqrt{\dfrac{E_b}{2N_0}}$ and that of 16QAM to be: $\dfrac{3}{2} \text{erfc}\sqrt{\dfrac{E_b}{10N_0}}$ Are these values correct? Still have problems to find SER for 32QAM... Hope you can help. derivation share|improve this question edited May 13 '14 at 19:26 jojek♦ 6,71041444 asked May 13 '14 at 19:14 John Smith 112 Take a look at this question and its answers: dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/15996/… –Matt L. May 13 '14 at 19:15 still can't understand the relation (not mentioned anywhere in those questions & answers). Also 16QAM & 32QAM weren't covered in that question.. –John Smith May 13 '14 at 19:23 did my research, cant use that formula when dealing with an odd number of bits per symbol, for which bits per symbol for 32QAM is 5... –John Smith May 13 '14 at 19:41 @JohnSmith: The problem is that there isn't a standard definition of what 32-QAM is. For non-square QAM modulations, there are multiple geometries in which you could implement the constellation, will have an effect on the error rate. You need to specify the exact constellation in order to calculate its theoretical SER. –Jason R May
2012 In May 2008, we derived the theoretical symbol error rate for a general M-QAM modulation (in Embedded.com, DSPDesignLine.com and dsplog.com) under Additive White Gaussian
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Noise. While re-reading that post, felt that the article is nice and relationship between bit error rate and symbol error rate warrants a re-run, using OFDM as the underlying physical layer. This post discuss the derivation of symbol error rate ber vs snr for qpsk for a general M-QAM modulation. The companion Matlab script compares the theoretical and the simulated symbol error rate for 16QAM, 64QAM and 256QAM over OFDM in AWGN channel. Enjoy and HAPPY http://dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/16240/deriving-ser-ber-for-4qam-16qam-and-32qam NEW YEAR 2012 !!! Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) schemes like 16-QAM, 64-QAM are used in typical wireless digital communications specifications like IEEE802.11a, IEEE802.16d. In this post let us derive the equation for probability of symbol being in error for a general M-QAM constellation, given that the signal (symbol) to noise ratio is . The general M-QAM constellation The number of points in the constellation is http://www.dsplog.com/2012/01/01/symbol-error-rate-16qam-64qam-256qam/ defined as, where is the number of bits in each constellation symbol. In this analysis, it is desirable to restrict to be an even number for the following reasons (Refer Sec 5.2.2 in [DIG-COMM-BARRY-LEE-MESSERSCHMITT]): 1. Half the bits are represented on the real axis and half the bits are represented on imaginary axis. The in-phase and quadrature signals are independent level Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) signals. This simplifies the design of mapper. 2. For decoding, symbol decisions may be applied independently on the real and imaginary axis, simplifying the receiver implementation. Note that the above square constellation is not the most optimal scheme for a given signal to noise ratio. Average energy of an M-QAM constellation In a general M-QAM constellation where and the number of bits in each constellation is even, the alphabets used are: , where . For example, considering a 64-QAM () constellation, and the alphabets are . For computing the average energy of the M-QAM constellation, let us proceed as follows: (a) Find the sum of energy of the individual alphabets (b) Each alphabet is used times in the M-QAM constellation. (c) So, to find the average energy from constellatio
that we have went over the symbol error probability for 4-PAM and symbol error rate for 4-QAM , let us extend the understanding to find the symbol error probability for 16-QAM (16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation). Consider a typical 16-QAM http://www.dsplog.com/2007/12/09/symbol-error-rate-for-16-qam/ modulation scheme where the alphabets (Refer example 5-37 in [DIG-COMM-BARRY-LEE-MESSERSCHMITT]). are used. The average energy of the 16-QAM constellation is (here). The 16-QAM constellation is as shown in the figure below Figure: 16-QAM constellation Noise model Assuming that http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/rf-technology-design/quadrature-amplitude-modulation-qam/8qam-16qam-32qam-64qam-128qam-256qam.php the additive noise follows the Gaussian probability distribution function, with and . Computing the probability of error Consider the symbol in the inside, for example The conditional probability distribution function (PDF) of given was transmitted is: . As can error rate be seen from the above figure, the symbol is decoded correctly only if falls in the area in the black hashed region i.e. . Using the equations from (symbol error probability of 4-PAM as reference) . The probability of being decoded incorrectly is, . Consider the symbol in the corner, for example The conditional probability distribution function (PDF) of given was transmitted is: . As can be seen from the above figure, the symbol is decoded correctly only bit error rate if falls in the area in the red hashed region i.e. . Using the equations from (symbol error probability of 4-QAM as reference) . The probability of being decoded incorrectly is, . Consider the symbol which is not in the corner OR not in the inside, for example The conditional probability distribution function (PDF) of given was transmitted is: . As can be seen from the above figure, the symbol is decoded correctly only if falls in the area in the blue hashed region i.e. . Using the above two cases are reference, . The probability of being decoded incorrectly is, . Total probability of symbol error Assuming that all the symbols are equally likely (4 in the middle, 4 in the corner and the rest 8), the total probability of symbol error is, . Simulation model Simple Matlab/Octave code for generating 16QAM constellation, transmission through AWGN channel and computing the simulated symbol error rate. Click here to download : Matlab/Octave script for simulating 16QAM symbol error rate Figure: Symbol Error Rate curve for 16QAM modulation Observations 1. Can observe that for low values, the theoretical results seem to be ‘pessimistic' ‘optimistic' compared to the simulated results. This is because for the approximated theoretical equation, the term was ignored. However, this approximation is valid only when the term is small, which need not be necessarily true for low values. Reference [DIG-COMM-BARRY-LEE-MES
Formulae Manufacture Satellites Telecoms & networks Jobs RF Technology & Design Comparison of 8-QAM, 16-QAM, 32-QAM, 64-QAM 128-QAM, 256-QAM, Types - comparison between 8 QAM (8QAM), 16 QAM (16QAM), 32 QAM (32QAM), 64 QAM (64QAM), 128 QAM (128QAM), and 256 QAM (256QAM), types of Quadrature Amplitude Modulation. QAM tutorial includes QAM tutorialTheoryTypes of QAMQAM modulator / demodulator QAM, Quadrature amplitude modulation is widely used in many digital data radio communications and data communications applications. A variety of forms of QAM are available and some of the more common forms include 16 QAM, 32 QAM, 64 QAM, 128 QAM, and 256 QAM. Here the figures refer to the number of points on the constellation, i.e. the number of distinct states that can exist. The various flavours of QAM may be used when data-rates beyond those offered by 8-PSK are required by a radio communications system. This is because QAM achieves a greater distance between adjacent points in the I-Q plane by distributing the points more evenly. And in this way the points on the constellation are more distinct and data errors are reduced. While it is possible to transmit more bits per symbol, if the energy of the constellation is to remain the same, the points on the constellation must be closer together and the transmission becomes more susceptible to noise. This results in a higher bit error rate than for the lower order QAM variants. In this way there is a balance between obtaining the higher data rates and maintaining an acceptable bit error rate for any radio communications system. QAM applications QAM is in many radio communications and data delivery applications. However some specific variants of QAM are used in some specific applications and standards. For domestic broadcast applications for example, 64 QAM and 256 QAM are often used in digital cable television and cable modem applications. In the UK, 16 QAM and 64 QAM are currently used for digital terrestrial television using DVB - Digital Video Broadcasting. In the US, 64 QAM and