Additive White Gaussian Noise
Experiment 1: Thermal Noise and the Central Limit Theorem
- Navigate to the Sub Experiment - 1 tab.
- Click the Start button to run the simulation.
- Observe the blue histogram bars conforming to the orange theoretical curve.
- Watch the Simulated Values in the Observations panel as they converge toward the Theoretical Values.
- Use the Stop and Reset buttons to control the simulation.
- Adjust the Number of Electrons (N) slider and click Reset to see its effect.
Experiment 2: Noise is White
- Navigate to the Sub Experiment - 2 tab.
- Select the filter strength.
- Observe the scatter plot (also the contours of Gaussian Distribution plotted).
- If they lie exactly horizontally, they are uncorrelated and hence white.
- Also observe the noise signal varriations with the filter strength.
Experiment 3: BPSK Transmission with AWGN
- Navigate to the Sub Experiment - 3 tab.
- Enter a binary string (e.g., 101101) into the Transmit Bitstream input field.
- Adjust the Channel Noise Power (σ²) slider.
- Observe the changes in all four plots as you vary the noise.
- Compare the Transmitted Bitstream with the Decoded Bitstream.
- Note the errors highlighted in red and read the error count in the Observations panel.