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this example shows how to perform these transmitter measurements on an ieee® 802.11ac™ waveform:
modulation accuracy
spectrum emission mask
spectrum flatness
in-phase and quadrature (iq) gain and phase imbalance
introduction
the transmitter modulation accuracy, required spectrum mask, and required spectral flatness for a given configuration is specified in section 21.3.17 of [ 1 ]. this example shows how to perform these measurements on a waveform. this example also models, measures, and corrects the iq gain and phase imbalance. generate the waveform with wlan toolbox™ or use a captured waveform with a spectrum analyzer.
the example generates 20 upsampled vht packets with an 80 mhz channel bandwidth and a 10 microsecond gap between packets. each packet contains random data and uses 256-qam modulation. add the iq gain and phase imbalance to the filtered waveform. use a high-power amplifier (hpa) model to introduce inband distortion and spectral regrowth. perform the spectral emission mask measurement on the upsampled waveform after the high-power amplifier modeling. downsample and correct the waveform with the estimated iq gain and phase imbalance. measure the error vector magnitude (evm) of the vht data field to determine the modulation accuracy. additionally, measure the spectral flatness. this diagram shows the workflow contained in the example.
802.11ac vht packet configuration
this example generates an ieee 802.11ac waveform consisting of multiple vht format packets. use the vht format configuration object, , to configure transmission properties of a vht packet. this example configures the vht waveform for a 80 mhz bandwidth. because this example does not use space-time block coding, it can measure the modulation accuracy per spatial stream.
cfgvht = wlanvhtconfig; % create packet configuration cfgvht.channelbandwidth = 'cbw80'; % 80 mhz cfgvht.numtransmitantennas = 1; % one transmit antenna cfgvht.numspacetimestreams = 1; % one space-time stream cfgvht.stbc = false; % no stbc so one spatial stream cfgvht.mcs = 8; % modulation: 256-qam cfgvht.apeplength = 3000; % a-mpdu length pre-eof padding in bytes
waveform generation
generate the vht waveform for the specified bits and configuration by using the function, specifying the desired oversampling factor, number of packets, and idle time between each packet.
osf = 3; % 3x oversampling factor numpackets = 20; % generate 20 packets idletime = 10e-6; % 10 microseconds idle time between packets
create random bits for all packets, data
, and pass as an argument to along with the vht packet configuration object cfgvht
. this configures the waveform generator to synthesize an 802.11ac vht waveform. additionally, configure the waveform generator by using name-value pairs to generate multiple oversampled packets with a specified idle time between each packet.
% create random data; psdulength is in bytes savedstate = rng(0); % set random state data = randi([0 1],cfgvht.psdulength*8*numpackets,1); % generate a multi-packet waveform txwaveform = wlanwaveformgenerator(data,cfgvht, ... 'oversamplingfactor',osf,'numpackets',numpackets,'idletime',idletime); fs = wlansamplerate(cfgvht); % baseband sampling rate of the waveform
add impariments
iq imbalance modeling
iq imbalance arises when a front-end component does not respect the power balance or the orthogonality between the i and q branches. this example adds iq gain and phase imbalance to the transmitted waveform based on the flag modeliqimbalance
. at the receiver, estimate the iq gain and phase imbalance and correct the waveform as per the compensation scheme specified in [ 5 ].
modeliqimbalance = true; % set to true to add iq gain and phase imbalance if modeliqimbalance iqgaindb = 1; % iq gain imbalance in db, specify from the range [-1 1] iqphasedeg = 1; % iq phase imbalance in degrees, specify from the range [-2 2] iqgainlin = db2mag(iqgaindb); % convert gain from db to linear value txwaveform = real(txwaveform) 1i*imag(txwaveform)*iqgainlin*exp(1j*iqphasedeg*pi/180); % as specified in equation-1 of [5] end
high-power amplifier modeling
the high-power amplifier introduces nonlinear behavior in the form of inband distortion and spectral regrowth. this example simulates the power amplifiers by using the rapp model in 802.11ac [ 2 ], which introduces am/am distortion.
model the amplifier by using the object, and configure reduced distortion by specifying a backoff, hpabackoff
, such that the amplifier operates below its saturation point. you can increase the backoff to reduce evm for higher mcs values.
psaturation = 25; % saturation power of a power amplifier in dbm hpabackoff = 13; % power amplifier backoff in db % create and configure a memoryless nonlinearity to model the amplifier nonlinearity = comm.memorylessnonlinearity; nonlinearity.method = 'rapp model'; nonlinearity.smoothness = 3; % p parameter nonlinearity.lineargain = -hpabackoff; nonlinearity.outputsaturationlevel = db2mag(psaturation-30); % apply the model to each transmit antenna txwaveform = nonlinearity(txwaveform);
thermal noise
add thermal noise to each transmit antenna by using the object with a noise figure of 6 db [ 3 ].
thnoise = comm.thermalnoise('noisemethod','noise figure','samplerate',fs*osf,'noisefigure',6); for i = 1:cfgvht.numtransmitantennas txwaveform(:,i) = thnoise(txwaveform(:,i)); end
modulation accuracy (evm), spectral flatness and iq imbalance measurements
downsampling and filtering
resample the oversampled waveform down to baseband for physical layer processing and evm and spectral flatness measurements, applying a low-pass anti-aliasing filter before downsampling. the impact of the low-pass filter is visible in the spectral flatness measurement. the anti-aliasing filter is designed so that all active subcarriers are within the filter passband.
design resampling filter.
astop = 40; % stopband attenuation ofdminfo = wlanvhtofdminfo('vht-data',cfgvht); % ofdm parameters scs = fs/ofdminfo.fftlength; % subcarrier spacing txbw = max(abs(ofdminfo.activefrequencyindices))*2*scs; % occupied bandwidth [l,m] = rat(1/osf); maxlm = max([l m]); r = (fs-txbw)/fs; tw = 2*r/maxlm; % transition width firdec = designmultiratefir(l,m,tw,astop,'systemobject',true);
resample the waveform to baseband.
rxwaveform = firdec(txwaveform);
receiver processing
this section detects, synchronizes, and extracts each packet in rxwaveform
, then measures the evm, spectral flatness, and iq imbalance. for each packet, the example performs these steps:
detect the start of the packet
extract the non-ht fields
estimate and correct coarse carrier frequency offset (cfo)
perform fine symbol timing estimate by using the frequency-corrected non-ht fields
extract the packet from the waveform by using the fine symbol timing offset
correct the extracted packet with the coarse cfo estimate
extract the l-ltf, then estimate the fine cfo and correct for the whole packet
extract the vht-ltf and perform channel estimation for each of the transmit streams
measure the iq imbalance from the channel estimate and perform correction on the channel estimate
measure the spectral flatness by using the channel estimate
extract and ofdm demodulate the vht data field
perform noise estimation by using the demodulated data field pilots and single-stream channel estimate at pilot subcarriers
phase-correct and equalize the vht data field by using the channel and noise estimates
correct the equalized data subcarriers with the iq imbalance estimate
for each data-carrying subcarrier in each spatial stream, find the closest constellation point and measure the evm
the diagram shows the processing chain:
the vht-ltf symbols include pilot symbols to allow for phase tracking, but this example does not perform phase tracking.
test the spectral flatness for each packet by measuring the deviation in the magnitude of individual subcarriers in the channel estimate against the average [ 1 ]. plot these deviations for each packet using the helper function . plot the average evm per data-carrying subcarrier and the equalized symbols for each packet.
demodulate, equalize, and decode the vht data symbols by using the function. parameterize this function to perform pilot phase tracking and zero-forcing equalization as required by the standard. this example measures the modulation accuracy from the equalized symbols.
this example makes two different evm measurements using two instances of comm.evm
.
rms evm per packet, which comprises averaging the evm over subcarriers, ofdm symbols, and spatial streams.
rms evm per subcarrier per spatial stream for a packet. because this configuration maps spatial streams directly to antennas, this measurement can help detect frequency-dependent impairments, which may affect individual rf chains differently. this measurement averages the evm over ofdm symbols only.
% setup evm measurements
[evmperpkt,evmpersc] = vhtevmsetup(cfgvht);
this code configures objects and variables for processing.
% get indices for accessing each field within the time-domain packet ind = wlanfieldindices(cfgvht); rxwaveformlength = size(rxwaveform,1); pktlength = double(ind.vhtdata(2)); % define the minimum length of data we can detect; length of the l-stf in % samples minpktlen = double(ind.lstf(2)-ind.lstf(1)) 1; % setup the measurement plots [hsf,hcon,hevm] = vhttxsetupplots(cfgvht); rmsevm = zeros(numpackets,1); pktoffsetstore = zeros(numpackets,1); rng(savedstate); % restore random state
detect and process packets within the received waveform, rxwaveform
by using a while loop, which performs these steps.
detect a packet by indexing into
rxwaveform
with the sample offset,searchoffset
detect and process the first packet within
rxwaveform
detect and process the next packet by incrementing the sample index offset,
searchoffset
repeat until no further packets are detected
pktnum = 0; searchoffset = 0; % start at first sample (no offset) while (searchoffset minpktlen)<=rxwaveformlength % packet detect pktoffset = wlanpacketdetect(rxwaveform,cfgvht.channelbandwidth); % packet offset from start of waveform pktoffset = searchoffset pktoffset; % if no packet detected or offset outwith bounds of waveform then stop if isempty(pktoffset) || (pktoffset<0) || ... ((pktoffset ind.lsig(2))>rxwaveformlength) break; end % extract non-ht fields and perform coarse frequency offset correction % to allow for reliable symbol timing nonht = rxwaveform(pktoffset (ind.lstf(1):ind.lsig(2)),:); coarsefreqoff = wlancoarsecfoestimate(nonht,cfgvht.channelbandwidth); nonht = frequencyoffset(nonht,fs,-coarsefreqoff); % determine offset between the expected start of l-ltf and actual start % of l-ltf lltfoffset = wlansymboltimingestimate(nonht,cfgvht.channelbandwidth); % determine packet offset pktoffset = pktoffset lltfoffset; % if offset is without bounds of waveform skip samples and continue % searching within remainder of the waveform if (pktoffset<0) || ((pktoffset pktlength)>rxwaveformlength) searchoffset = pktoffset double(ind.lstf(2)) 1; continue; end % timing synchronization complete; extract the detected packet rxpacket = rxwaveform(pktoffset (1:pktlength),:); pktnum = pktnum 1; disp([' packet ' num2str(pktnum) ' at index: ' num2str(pktoffset 1)]); % apply coarse frequency correction to the extracted packet rxpacket = frequencyoffset(rxpacket,fs,-coarsefreqoff); % perform fine frequency offset correction on the extracted packet lltf = rxpacket(ind.lltf(1):ind.lltf(2),:); % extract l-ltf finefreqoff = wlanfinecfoestimate(lltf,cfgvht.channelbandwidth); rxpacket = frequencyoffset(rxpacket,fs,-finefreqoff); % extract vht-ltf samples, demodulate and perform channel estimation vhtltf = rxpacket(ind.vhtltf(1):ind.vhtltf(2),:); vhtltfdemod = wlanvhtltfdemodulate(vhtltf,cfgvht); % channel estimate and single stream channel estimate [chanest,chanestsspilots] = wlanvhtltfchannelestimate(vhtltfdemod,cfgvht); % perform iq gain and phase imbalance estimation [gainest,phaseest,alphaest,betaest,gamma,datarot] = ... helperiqimbalanceestimate(chanest,cfgvht); fprintf(' measured iq gain & phase imbalance: %2.2f db, %2.2f deg\n',gainest,phaseest); % perform iq gain and phase imbalance correction on channel % estimates chanest = chanest./(alphaest betaest.*gamma); % as specified in equation-29 of [5] % spectral flatness test [pass,deviation,testsc] = wlanspectralflatness(chanest,'vht',cfgvht.channelbandwidth); if pass disp(' spectral flatness passed'); else disp(' spectral flatness failed'); end % plot deviation against limits vhttxplotspectralflatness(deviation,testsc,pktnum,hsf); % extract vht data samples from the waveform vhtdata = rxpacket(ind.vhtdata(1):ind.vhtdata(2),:); % estimate the noise power in vht data field noisevarvht = vhtnoiseestimate(vhtdata,chanestsspilots,cfgvht); % extract vht data samples and perform ofdm demodulation, equalization % and phase tracking [~,~,eqsym] = wlanvhtdatarecover(vhtdata,chanest,noisevarvht,cfgvht,... 'equalizationmethod','zf','pilotphasetracking','preeq','ldpcdecodingmethod','norm-min-sum'); % use zero forcing algorithm for equalization % perform iq gain and phase imbalance correction on vht data eqsym = eqsym.*datarot; % carrier rotation on data subcarriers eqsym = ((conj(alphaest)*eqsym)-(betaest*conj(eqsym(end:-1:1,:,:))))/((abs(alphaest)^2)-(abs(betaest)^2)); % as specified in equation-30 of [5] % compute rms evm over all spatial streams for packet rmsevm(pktnum) = evmperpkt(eqsym); fprintf(' rms evm: %2.2f%%, %2.2fdb\n',rmsevm(pktnum),20*log10(rmsevm(pktnum)/100)); % compute rms evm per subcarrier and spatial stream for the packet evmpersc = evmpersc(eqsym); % nst-by-1-by-nss % plot rms evm per subcarrier and equalized constellation vhttxevmconstellationplots(eqsym,evmpersc,cfgvht,pktnum,hcon,hevm); % store the offset of each packet within the waveform pktoffsetstore(pktnum) = pktoffset; % increment waveform offset and search remaining waveform for a packet searchoffset = pktoffset pktlength minpktlen; end
packet 1 at index: 25
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 3.30%, -29.63db
packet 2 at index: 9785
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 3.07%, -30.24db
packet 3 at index: 19545
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.91%, -30.71db
packet 4 at index: 29305
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 3.04%, -30.33db
packet 5 at index: 39065
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.99%, -30.50db
packet 6 at index: 48825
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.67%, -31.49db
packet 7 at index: 58585
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.93%, -30.65db
packet 8 at index: 68345
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.81%, -31.03db
packet 9 at index: 78105
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.93%, -30.65db
packet 10 at index: 87865
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.73%, -31.28db
packet 11 at index: 97625
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.90%, -30.76db
packet 12 at index: 107385
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.94%, -30.63db
packet 13 at index: 117145
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.84%, -30.94db
packet 14 at index: 126905
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.91%, -30.73db
packet 15 at index: 136665
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 3.09%, -30.20db
packet 16 at index: 146425
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.60%, -31.69db
packet 17 at index: 156185
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 2.99%, -30.49db
packet 18 at index: 165945
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 3.20%, -29.90db
packet 19 at index: 175705
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 3.24%, -29.79db
packet 20 at index: 185465
measured iq gain & phase imbalance: 0.98 db, 0.98 deg
spectral flatness passed
rms evm: 3.20%, -29.91db
if pktnum>0 fprintf('average evm for %d packets: %2.2f%%, %2.2fdb\n', ... pktnum,mean(rmsevm(1:pktnum)),20*log10(mean(rmsevm(1:pktnum))/100)); else disp('no complete packet detected'); end
average evm for 20 packets: 2.96%, -30.56db
transmit spectrum emission mask measurement
this section measures the spectral mask of the filtered and impaired waveform after high-power amplifier modeling.
the transmitter spectral mask test [ 4 ] uses a time-gated spectral measurement of the vht data field. the example extracts the vht data field of each packet from the oversampled waveform, txwaveform
, by using the start indices of each packet within the waveform. any delay introduced in the baseband processing chain used to determine the packet indices must be accounted for when gating the vht data field within txwaveform
. concatenate the extracted vht data fields in preparation for measurement.
% indices for accessing each field within the time-domain packet ind = wlanfieldindices(cfgvht,'oversamplingfactor', osf); startidx = ind.vhtdata(1); % start of data endidx = ind.vhtdata(2); % end of data idlensamps = idletime*fs*osf; % idle time samples perpktlength = endidx idlensamps; idx = zeros(endidx-startidx 1,numpackets); for i = 1:numpackets % start of packet in txwaveform, accounting for the filter delay pktoffset = (i-1)*perpktlength; % indices of non-ht data in txwaveform idx(:,i) = pktoffset (startidx:endidx); end gatedvhtdata = txwaveform(idx(:),:);
the 802.11ac standard specifies the spectral mask relative to the peak power spectral density. the helper function generates a plot which overlays the required mask with the measured psd.
if pktnum>0 helperspectralmasktest(gatedvhtdata,fs,osf); end
spectrum mask passed
conclusion and further exploration
this example plots four results: spectral flatness, rms evm per subcarrier, equalized constellation, and spectral mask.
the high-power amplifier model introduces significant inband distortion and spectral regrowth which is visible in the evm results, noisy constellation and out-of-band emissions in the spectral mask plot. try increasing the high-power amplifier backoff and note the improved evm, constellation and lower out-of-band emissions.
try using different values for iqgaindb
and iqphasedeg
and note the impact on evm and constellation.
related examples:
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