Wireless Communications
Wireless engineering teams use MATLAB® and Simulink® to reduce development time, eliminate design problems early, and streamline analysis, testing, and verification. Use these tools to:
Prove algorithm and system design concepts with simulation and over-the-air signals.
Generate customizable waveforms to verify conformance for generic wireless communications systems and various standards-compliant systems.
Simulate end-to-end communications systems.
Develop communications system models of system-level simulations that represent multinode networks.
Create models using digital, RF, and antenna elements to explore and optimize system behavior.
Automatically generate HDL or C code for prototyping and implementation without coding manually.
Create reusable golden reference models for iterative verification of wireless designs, prototypes, and implementations.
Products for Wireless Communications
Topics
Waveform Generation
- Create Waveforms Using Wireless Waveform Generator App (Communications Toolbox)
Create, impair, visualize, and export modulated waveforms. - GPS Waveform Generation (Satellite Communications Toolbox)
Generate a complex baseband GPS waveform.
Receiver Algorithm Training with AI
- Deep Learning Data Synthesis for 5G Channel Estimation (5G Toolbox)
Generate deep learning training data for channel estimation using 5G Toolbox™. - OFDM Autoencoder for Wireless Communications (Communications Toolbox)
Model an end-to-end orthogonal frequency division modulation (OFDM) communications system with an autoencoder to reliably transmit information bits over a wireless channel.
RF Propagation and Channel Modeling
- RF Propagation and Visualization (Communications Toolbox)
Visualize coverage maps, SINR maps, and propagation paths in outdoor and indoor environments. - WLAN Channel Models (WLAN Toolbox)
Using WLAN channel models to add channel impairments to WLAN transmissions. - Propagation Channel Models (LTE Toolbox)
Describes the implementation of channel models specified by the LTE standard and corresponding functions in the LTE Toolbox™ product. - Visualize CDL Channel Model Characteristics (5G Toolbox)
Visualize CDL channel characteristics and explore channel information about the antenna element, element pattern, and cluster paths. - Simulate and Visualize Land Mobile-Satellite Channel (Satellite Communications Toolbox)
Model and visualize a two-state semi-Markov chain LMS channel.
Beamforming and Beam Sweeping in MIMO Systems
- 802.11ad Waveform Generation with Beamforming (WLAN Toolbox)
Beamform an IEEE® 802.11ad™ waveform with a phased array. - Massive MIMO Hybrid Beamforming (Communications Toolbox)
Observe hybrid beamforming at the transmit end of a massive MIMO communications system, using techniques for both multi-user and single-user systems. - NR SSB Beam Sweeping (5G Toolbox)
Employ beam sweeping at gNB and UE and learn about beam management procedures during initial access.
Transceiver Design and Simulation
- Power Amplifier Characterization (Communications Toolbox)
Characterize a power amplifier using measured input and output signals of an NXP Airfast PA. - EVM Measurement of 5G NR Downlink Waveforms with RF Impairments (5G Toolbox)
Measure EVM of NR-TM or NR-FRC waveforms with phase noise and memoryless nonlinearity impairments. - End-to-End QAM Simulation with RF Impairments and Corrections (Communications Toolbox)
Visualization capabilities that show the effects of RF impairments and corrections in a satellite downlink.
Code Generation and Deployment
- 5G LDPC Block Error Rate Simulation Using the Cloud or a Cluster (Communications Toolbox)
Use the cloud or a cluster for block error rate (BLER) simulation of low-density parity-check (LDPC) coding for the 5G NR downlink shared transport channel (DL-SCH). - Wireless Communications Design for ASICs, FPGAs, and SoCs (Communications Toolbox)
Design wireless communication algorithms for hardware by using Wireless HDL Toolbox™ blocks.
Software-Defined Radio
- OFDM Wi-Fi Scanner Using SDR Preamble Detection (Wireless Testbench)
Retrieve Wi-Fi® network information from captured OFDM packets. - Recover and Analyze Packets in 802.11 Waveform (WLAN Toolbox)
Blindly detect, decode, and analyze IEEE 802.11™ packets in a waveform. - Bluetooth BR/EDR Waveform Generation and Transmission Using SDR (Bluetooth Toolbox)
Generate and transmit Bluetooth BR/EDR waveform by using SDR.