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comm.MultibandCombiner

Frequency-shift and combine signals

Since R2021b

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Description

The comm.MultibandCombiner System object™ interpolates, shifts input signals to the specified frequency bands, and then combines them into a single signal. For more information, see the Algorithms section.

To frequency-shift and combine signals:

  1. Create the comm.MultibandCombiner object and set its properties.

  2. Call the object with arguments, as if it were a function.

To learn more about how System objects work, see What Are System Objects?

Creation

Syntax

multibandcombiner = comm.MultibandCombiner
multibandcombiner = comm.MultibandCombiner(Name,Value)

Description

multibandcombiner = comm.MultibandCombiner creates a multiband combiner System object to frequency-shift and combine input signals.

multibandcombiner = comm.MultibandCombiner(Name,Value) sets properties using one or more name-value arguments. For example, 'InputSampleRate',2e6 specifies an input signal sample rate of 2 MHz.

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Properties

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Unless otherwise indicated, properties are nontunable, which means you cannot change their values after calling the object. Objects lock when you call them, and the release function unlocks them.

If a property is tunable, you can change its value at any time.

For more information on changing property values, see System Design in MATLAB Using System Objects.

Input signal sample rate in Hz, specified as a positive scalar.

Data Types: double

Frequency offsets in Hz, specified as one of these options.

  • Scalar — Each channel of the input signal is frequency-shifted by this scalar value.

  • 1-by- Nchan vector — Each channel of the input signal is frequency-shifted by the corresponding value in this vector. Nchan is the number of channels in the input signal x.

Data Types: double

Source of the output sample rate, specified as one of these values.

  • 'Auto' — The object interpolates the input signals to ensure that the resulting sample rate of the signals is sufficient to avoid distorting the frequency content of the original signals after they are frequency-shifted to produce the output signal.

  • 'Property' — Specify the output sample rate by using the OutputSampleRate property.

Data Types: char | string

Output signal sample rate in Hz, specified as a positive scalar.

Tips

To avoid distortion, specify this value to be greater than or equal to the automatically computed output sample rate. To determine the automatically computed output sample rate, first run the object with the OutputSampleRateSource property set to 'Auto'.

Dependencies

To enable this property, set the OutputSampleRateSource property to 'Property'.

Data Types: double

Usage

Syntax

y = multibandcombiner(x)

Description

y = multibandcombiner(x) interpolates, frequency-shifts, and combines the input signal into one output signal.

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Input Arguments

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Input signals, specified as an Nsamp-by-Nchan matrix. Nsamp is the number of input samples per channel, and Nchan is the number of channels.

Data Types: double | single
Complex Number Support: Yes

Output Arguments

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Output signal, returned as an Nout-by-1 vector of the same data type as input signal x. Nout is the number of output samples. For more information, see Algorithms.

Object Functions

To use an object function, specify the System object as the first input argument. For example, to release system resources of a System object named obj, use this syntax:

release(obj)

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infoCharacteristic information about multiband combining
stepRun System object algorithm
releaseRelease resources and allow changes to System object property values and input characteristics
resetReset internal states of System object

Examples

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Open Live Script

Combine two 60 KHz frequency bands that are adjacent to each other.

Set simulation parameters.

M = 4;      % QPSK modulation
N = 2000;   % Frame length
Fs1 = 60e3; % Input sample rate

Generate QPSK and GMSK signals.

data = randi([0,M-1],N,1);
modSig = pskmod(data,M,pi/4,"gray");
qpskTxFilter = comm.RaisedCosineTransmitFilter( ...
    OutputSamplesPerSymbol=2);
qpsksig = qpskTxFilter(modSig);

data = randi([0 1],N,1);
gmskMod = comm.GMSKModulator( ...
    BitInput=true, ...
    SamplesPerSymbol=2);
gmsksig = gmskMod(data);

Create a multiband combiner and two spectrum analyzer System objects. Use the info object function to determine the output sample rate for the combined signal. Use this output sample rate when configuring the spectrum analyzer objects.

mbc = comm.MultibandCombiner( ...
    InputSampleRate=Fs1, ...
    FrequencyOffsets=[-30e3 30e3], ...
    OutputSampleRateSource="Auto");
mbcInfo = info(mbc);
Fs2 = mbcInfo.OutputSampleRate
Fs2 = 
120000

sa = spectrumAnalyzer( ...
    SampleRate=Fs2, ...
    ShowLegend=true, ...
    ChannelNames=["qpsk","gmsk"]);
sacombined = spectrumAnalyzer( ...
    SampleRate=Fs2, ...
    ShowLegend=true, ...
    ChannelNames="combined");

Use the multiband combiner object to interpolate, frequency-shift, and combine the two signals.

combinedsig = mbc([qpsksig,gmsksig]);

Use the spectrum analyzer objects to view the individual signals at 60 kHz and the combined signal at 120 kHz.

sa(qpsksig,gmsksig);
release(sa);

sacombined(combinedsig)

Algorithms

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Extended Capabilities

Version History

Introduced in R2021b

See Also

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