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% !TeX program = xelatex
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\title{Multipath Fading Demonstration Platform using Software Defined Radio}

\author{Naoki Sean Pross \and Sara Cinzia Halter}
\date{Fall semester 2021}

\begin{document}

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	\begin{abstract}
		Today wireless devices are omnipresent and have to work under technically adverse circumstances. Among the multitude of problems affecting wireless communication systems, a common issue is what is known as the \emph{multipath fading effect}. The aim of this work is to create a demonstrative platform that can illustrate how multipath fading degrades a wireless communication link. A number of scenarios affected by multipath fading were elaborated, simulated and measured using two USRP B210 software defined radios and the GNU Radio signal processing toolkit. To demonstrate the effects, a custom graphical front-end for GNU Radio was built using the Dear IMGUI framework.
	\end{abstract}

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	\tableofcontents
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	%% TODO: move in a separate file
	\chapter*{List of symbols}
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		n(t)    & Additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) \\
		f(t)    & Multiplicative fading noise \\
		p(t)    & Pulse function \\
		m(n)    & Message samples \\
		m(t)    & Message waveform \\
		\phi(t) & Carrier signal \\
		s(t)    & Signal waveform \\
		s(n)    & Signal samples \\
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		r(m)    & Received samples \\
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	\chapter*{List of Acronyms}
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		\toprule
		\bfseries Acronym & \bfseries Description \\
		\midrule
		API    & Application Programming Interface                \\
		AWGN   & Additive White Gaussian Noise                    \\
		BER    & Bit Error Rate                                   \\
		CAZAC  & Constant Amplitude Zero Autocorrelation waveform \\
		CIR    & Channel Impulse Response                         \\
		CMA    & Constant Modulus Adaptive filter                 \\
		DPG    & Dear PyGUI                                       \\
		ETSI   & European Telecommunication Standards Insitite    \\
		FIR    & Finite Impulse Response                          \\
		GR     & GNU Radio                                        \\
		GRC    & GNU Radio Companion                              \\
		GSM    & Global System for Mobile communication           \\
		IMGUI  & Immediate Mode Graphical User Interface          \\
		IP     & Internet Protocol                                \\
		IoT    & Internet of Things                               \\
		LMS-DD & Least Mean Square Decision-Directed equalizer    \\
		LOS    & Line Of Sight                                    \\
		LTI    & Linear Time Invariant                            \\
		LTV    & Linear Time-Varying                              \\
		MSB    & Most Significant Bit                             \\
		NLOS   & No Line Of Sight                                 \\
		PDP    & Power Delay Profile                              \\
		PSAM   & Pilot Symbols Assisted Modulation                \\
		PSK    & Phase Shift Keying                               \\
		QAM    & Quadrature Amplitude Modulation                  \\
		QPSK   & Quaternary Phase Shift Keying                    \\
		SDR    & Software Defined Radio                           \\
		UDP    & User Datagram Protocol                           \\
		US     & Uncorrelated Scattering                          \\
		WSS    & Wide Sense Stationary                            \\
		WSSUS  & Wide Sense Stationary Uncorrelated Scattering    \\
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	\include{chapters/theory}
	\include{chapters/implementation}
	\include{chapters/conclusions}

	%% TODO: remove in final version
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	\printbibliography

	\appendix
	\chapter{Appendix}

	\section{Certificaton of authorship}
	We hereby certify that this thesis has been composed by us and is based on our own work, unless stated otherwise. No other person's work has been used without due acknowledgement in this thesis. All references and verbatim extracts have been quoted, and all sources of information, including graphs and data sets, have been specifically acknowledged.

	\vspace{5mm}
	\begin{tabular}{ ll }
		\bfseries Place & \bfseries Date \\
		Rapperswil & 23. December 2021
	\end{tabular}
	\vspace{1cm}
	\begin{flushright}
		\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{ rXX }
			Signatures
				& \hrulefill & \hrulefill \\
				& Naoki Sean Pross & Sara Cinzia Halter \\
		\end{tabularx}
	\end{flushright}
	\vspace{2cm}

  \section{Attached documents}
	\begin{itemize}
		\item Task Description
		\item Project Plan
	\end{itemize}
	%TODO Projectplan
\end{document}