% Zero forcing equalizer. % T = 1; % Bit period tau = 1; % Time constant of channel dt = 0.01; % Sampling time in simulation N = 100; % Number of bits to generate clear t1 t2 c x y % Create output pulse: rectangular pulse convolved with first-order % low-pass filter impulse response. t1 = (dt:dt:T)'; c(1:100,1) = 1 - exp(-t1/tau); t2 = (T+dt:dt:T+5*tau)'; c(101:100+length(t2),1) = c(100)*exp(-(t2-T)/tau); figure(1) plot([t1; t2], c) xlabel('Time (sec)') ylabel('c(t)') title('Smeared pulse c(t)') % Generate bit stream b = rand(N,1); z0 = find(b < 0.5); z1 = find(b >= 0.5); b(z0) = -1*ones(size(z0)); b(z1) = +1*ones(size(z1)); % Create received signal with ISI nT = T/dt; nc = length(c); nx = N*nT; x = zeros(nx, 1); for n=1:N i1 = (n-1)*nT; y = [zeros(i1,1); b(n)*c; zeros(N*nT-i1-nc,1)]; x = x + y(1:nx); end % Plot eye diagram figure(2) t3 = dt:dt:2; plot(t3, x(1:200)); hold on for n=3:2:N plot(t3, x((n-1)*nT+1:(n+1)*nT)); end hold off xlabel('Time (sec)') title('Eye diagram with no equalization') % Compute number of bit errors xT = x(nT:nT:nx); dz0 = find(xT < 0); dz1 = find(xT >= 0); db = b; db(dz0) = -1*ones(size(dz0)); db(dz1) = +1*ones(size(dz1)); err = find(db ~= b); fprintf('No equalizer: %d bits out of %d in error\n', length(err), N); % Define length of zero-forcing equalizer Ne = 5*tau/T; % Get samples of c(t) to solve for zero-forcing equalizer weights cT = c(nT:nT:nc); csamp = [zeros(2*Ne,1); cT; zeros(2*Ne+1-length(cT),1)]; % Construct the matrix on the left side of zero-forcing equalizer equation C = zeros(2*Ne+1,2*Ne+1); for ne = 1:2*Ne+1 C(ne,:) = csamp(2*Ne+ne:-1:ne)'; end % Right side of zero-forcing equalizer weight equation r = [zeros(Ne,1); 1; zeros(Ne,1)]; % Solve for ZF equalizer weights w = C \ r; % Process the received signal with the zero-forcing equalizer nw = length(w); z99 = [1; zeros(nT-1,1)]; hzf = kron(w, z99); % Impulse response of equalizer yall = conv(x, hzf); % Do the equalization filtering y = yall((Ne*nT+1):(length(yall)-(Ne+1)*nT)+1); % Eye diagram of equalized signal figure(3) plot(t3, y(1:200)); hold on for n=3:2:N plot(t3, y((n-1)*nT+1:(n+1)*nT)); end hold off xlabel('Time (sec)') title('Eye diagram after zero-forcing equalization') % Compute number of bit errors yT = y(nT:nT:nx); dz0 = find(yT < 0); dz1 = find(yT >= 0); db = b; db(dz0) = -1*ones(size(dz0)); db(dz1) = +1*ones(size(dz1)); err = find(db ~= b); fprintf('Zero-forcing equalizer: %d bits out of %d in error\n', length(err), N);