Introduction Matlab is an ideal tool for simulating digital communications systems, thanks to its

Introduction Matlab is an ideal tool for simulating digital communications systems, thanks to its easy scripting language and excellent data visualization capabilities. One of the most frequent simulation tasks in the field of digital communications is bit-error- rate testing of modems. The bit-error-rate performance of a receiver is a figure of merit that allows different designs to be compared in a fair manner. Performing bit-error-rate testing withMatlab is very simple, but does require some prerequisite knowledge.