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Course Number: ELEC 342
Course Name: Communication Engineering Lab
Lab Number: 6
Title of the Lab: QAM Modulation and Demodulation
Group Number in Blackboard: 6
Section: L02

Student Name 1 : Alaaldeen Alkiswani

ID Number 201516903

Student Name 2 : Ayman Khalfallah

ID Number 201602422

Student Name 3 : Mohammad Eldeeb

ID Number 201506622

Date Performed: 27/2/2019 ; Date Submitted: 12/3/2019

Instructor: Eng. Amith Khandakar

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Lab #6: QAM Modulation and Demodulation

1. Objective
To build and verify the results of a quadrature amplitude modulator and
demodulator.

2. Equipment
Hardware: Computer, Emona TIMS.
Software: Matlab/Simulink, Tutor TIMS software.

3. Related Theory
QAM is the Quadrature Amplitude Modulation. It is used in applications including
microwave radio, DVB-C and others. In this lab, there are two messages are modulated with
carrier that have same frequency but have phase shift of 90 degrees. The two signals are
added and transmitted in the same channel. The blocks are shown blow

Figure1: Modulation and Demodulation of QAM signal.

Figure 1, shows the steps of modulating and demodulating of the QAM signal. If the carrier
in demodulation had small phase different , the demodulated signal will have interfere at
the output.

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4. Summary of Results.
4.1. Pre Lab: The task was to do QAM modulation and demodulation on the
TutorTIMS program and the results of each step is shown below:

Figure 1 shows the signal after modulation with the original message 1. Where the
two messages are multiplied by the carriers that are phase shifted.

Figure 1 - Modulated Signal

Figure 2 compares the received message 1 after demodulation with the original
message and it is clear that the message was successfully demodulated and the only
difference is a small phase shift.

Figure 2 - Received Message 1

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Figure 3 compares the second received message with the original one and it shows
the same results as the other message where there is only a small phase shift while
the other properties of the message are there.

Figure 3 - Received Message 2

4.2. Lab work: The task of the lab was to perform QAM modulation and demodulation
on two messages with different frequencies.
The result of each step is discussed and shown below in time and frequency
domains:

The following 4 figures show the original first message and its modulation both in
time and frequency domains.

Figure 4 - Message 1 (time)

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Figure 5 - Message 1 (frequency)

Figure 6 - Modulated message 1 (time)

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Figure 7 - Modulated message 1 (frequency)

Figures 8-11 show the second message before and after modulation in time and
frequency domains.

Figure 8 - Message 2 (time)

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Figure 9 - Message 2 (frequency)

Figure 10 - Modulated message 2 (time)

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Figure 11 - Modulated message 2 (frequency)

Figures 12 & 13 show the signal after adding the two modulations. As seen in Figure
13, there are two peaks in the frequency domain, one for each message.

Figure 12 - QAM (time)

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Figure 13 - QAM (frequency)

Figures 14-17 show the signal after multiplying it again with the same carriers as the
ones in the first step. If the phase of the carriers is different from what it was in the
first step, then retrieving the message will not happen or will be difficult and noisy.

Figure 14 - After multiplier 1 (time)

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Figure 15 - After multiplier 1 (frequency)

Figure 16 - After multiplier 2 (time)

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Figure 17 - After multiplier 2 (frequency)

The filtering is the only part left of the demodulation to get the two original
messages back at the receiver side. The results of the filtering are shown below:

Figure 18 - Filtered message 1 (time)

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Figure 19 - Filtered message 1 (frequency)

Figure 20 - Filtered message 2 (time)

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Figure 21 - Filtered message 2 (frequency)

4.3. Post Lab: The

Figure 22 – Simulink connections ( modulation and demodulation )

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Figure 23 – message 1 (time domain) Figure 24 – message 1

(frequency domain)

Figure 26 – Carrier 1 (frequency

domain)

Figure 25 – Carrier 1 (time domain)

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Figure 27 – message 2 (time domain) Figure 28 – message 2 (frequency domain)

Figure 29 – Carrier 2 Figure 30 – Carrier 2

(time domain) (frequency domain)

Figure 32 – Demodulated message 1 (frequency domain)

Figure 31 – Demodulated message 1 (time domain)

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Figure 34 – Demodulated message 1

Figure 33 – Demodulated message before LPF (frequency domain)
1 before LPF (time domain)

Figure 35 – Demodulated message 1 after LPF (time domain) Figure 36 – Demodulated message 1 after LPF (frequency
domain

Figure 37 – message 2 (time domain)

Figure 38 –message 2 (frequency domain)

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Figure 39 – Demodulated message 2 before LPF (time

domain) Figure 40 – Demodulated message 2 before LPF (frequency
domain)

Figure 41 – Demodulated message 2 after LPF (time domain) Figure 42 – Demodulated message 2
after LPF (frequency domain)

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5. Analysis of Results.
5.1. Data analysis
The results we took form the prelab are more specific and accurate than the results from the
lab because prelab is all simulated. The lab results are good put they are not specific as the
pre lab because in the lab we are facing problems such weird jumping of the second
massage. The QAM modulation and demodulation in the post lab was done in the Simulink
and the results are close to the prelab and in lab task, and using the QFM is better because it
uses minimum number of bandwidth and make the signals in the best range and on the same
spectrum

5.2. Comparison and Discussion of Results

The simulated results are great and the gotten messages are practically identical to the first
messages. The results anyway are likewise great, however they are not as good as the
simulated results. The original message has shrunk in amplitude and that is fine. The second
massage shown some jumping effect in it. The right frequency and the right shape leads to
the right massage. The change in the second massage it could be because the first massage
interference because of different phase of the carriers.

6. Conclusion.
In conclusion, the aim of this experiment is to make sure of the results of the QAM
modulator and demodulated signals. Wifi is basically used by QAM, and QAM increases
radio transmission efficiency. Moreover, the noise caused by QAM is necessary to change
high signal into different location. At the end, the lab was done properly and completely.

References:

 notes, e. (2019). QAM Modulators & Demodulators | Electronics Notes. Retrieved from https://www.electronics-
notes.com/articles/radio/modulation/quadrature-amplitude-modulation-qam-modulator-demodulator.php.

 HALIMI. (2019). QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION. Retrieved from

https://www.slideshare.net/ahsanhalini/quadrature-amplitude-modulation-54999195.

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