Learn more about Communications Toolbox

Product Overview

On this page…
Section Overview Expected Background

Section Overview

Communications Toolbox software extends the MATLAB technical computing environment with functions, plots, and a graphical user interface for exploring, designing, analyzing, and simulating algorithms for the physical layer of communication systems. The toolbox helps you create algorithms for commercial and defense wireless or wireline systems.

The key features of the toolbox are

• Functions for designing the physical layer of communications links, including source coding, channel coding, interleaving, modulation, channel models, and equalization

• Plots such as eye diagrams and constellations for visualizing communications signals

• Graphical user interface for comparing the bit error rate of your system with a wide variety of proven analytical results

• Galois field data type for building communications algorithms

Back to Top

Expected Background

This guide assumes that you already have background knowledge in the subject of communications. If you do not yet have this background, then you can acquire it using a standard communications text or the books listed in one of this guide's sections titled "Selected Bibliography for... ."

For New Users

The discussion and examples in this chapter are aimed at new users. Continue reading this chapter and try out the examples. Then read those subsequent chapters that address the specific areas that concern you. When you find out which functions you want to use, refer to the online reference pages that describe those functions.

For Experienced Users

The online reference descriptions are probably the most relevant parts of this guide for you. Each reference description includes the function's syntax as well as a complete explanation of its options and operation. Many reference descriptions also include examples, a description of the function's algorithm, and references to additional reading material.

You might also want to browse through nonreference parts of this documentation set, depending on your interests or needs.

Back to Top

Getting Started

Studying Components of a Communication System

© 1984-2009- The MathWorks, Inc.    -   Site Help   -   Patents   -   Trademarks   -   Privacy Policy   -   Preventing Piracy   -   RSS