step

System object: comm.MER
Package: comm

Measure modulation error ratio

Syntax

MERDB= step(MER,REFSYM,RXSYM)

MERDB = step(MER,RXSYM)

[___,MINMER] = step(___)

[___,XMER] = step(___)

[___,NUMSYM] = step(___)

Description

Note

Starting in R2016b, instead of using the step method to perform the operation defined by the System object™, you can call the object with arguments, as if it were a function. For example, y = step(obj,x) and y = obj(x) perform equivalent operations.

MERDB= step(MER,REFSYM,RXSYM) returns the measured MER, MERDB, of the received signal RXSYM, based on reference signal REFSYM. MER values are measured in dB.

REFSYM. REFSYM and RXSYM inputs are complex column vectors of equal dimensions and data type. The data type can be double, single, signed integer, or signed fixed point with power-of-two slope and zero bias. All outputs of the object are of data type double. To set the interval over which the MER is measured, use the MeasurementIntervalSource and MeasurementInterval properties.

MERDB = step(MER,RXSYM) returns the measured MER of received signal RXSYM based on a reference signal specified in the ReceivedConstellation property.

[___,MINMER] = step(___) returns the minimum MER, MINMER, given either of the two previous syntaxes.

To return minimum MER, set the MinimumMEROutputPort property to true. To set the interval over which MINMER is measured, use the MeasurementIntervalSource and MeasurementInterval properties.

[___,XMER] = step(___) returns the X-percentile MER, XMER.

To return the X-percentile MER, set the XPercentileMEROutputPort property to true. XMER is the MER above which X% of the measurements fall, where X is set by the XPercentileValue property. XMER is measured using all the input frames since the last reset.

[___,NUMSYM] = step(___) returns the number of symbols, NUMSYM, used to calculate the X-percentile MER.

To return NUMSYM, set the SymbolCountOutputPort to true. NUMSYM is measured using all the input frames since the last reset.

Note

MER specifies the System object on which to run this step method.

The object performs an initialization the first time the step method is executed. This initialization locks nontunable properties and input specifications, such as dimensions, complexity, and data type of the input data. If you change a nontunable property or an input specification, the System object issues an error. To change nontunable properties or inputs, you must first call the release method to unlock the object.