Communications Blockset

Communications Blockset

Communications Blockset provides a comprehensive library of blocks for designing and simulating the physical layer of communication systems. The blockset lets you model wireless and wireline systems and their semiconductor components in MATLAB® or Simulink®. Using channel models, error detection and correction blocks, and modulation techniques, you can create a golden reference design, generate test benches, verify a fixed-point implementation, and optimize system performance. Most algorithms and tools are available as both System objects (for use in MATLAB) and blocks (for use in Simulink).

The blockset includes sample models that provide a starting point for implementing MIMO, OFDM and other advanced communication system architectures.

Key Features

• Simulink Blocks for designing and simulating the physical layer of communications systems, including source coding, block and convolutional coding, interleavers, filters, and modulators
• MATLAB System objects for stream-based processing in communication systems
• Support for HDL code generation
• Sources, including random integer and binary generators, PN, and Gold code sequences
• Sinks, including error-rate calculations, eye diagrams, and constellation plots
• Channel models, including AWGN, Multipath Rayleigh Fading, and Rician Fading
• RF impairments, including nonlinearity, phase noise, thermal noise, and phase and frequency offsets
• Interactive tool for visualizing and exploring time-varying communications channels