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.