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OFDM QPSK Lab OFDM Visual Lab: QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (2 bits/symbol) Subcarriers (N) (Choose 2, 4, 8, 16, etc) SNR (dB) Run QPSK Simulation Step 1: Mapping 2 Bits per Subcarrier QPSK uses four points. Each subcarrier $k$ carries two bits $(b_{2k}, b_{2k+1})$. $$X_k = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \left[ (2b_{2k}-1) + j(2b_{2k+1}-1) \right]$$ Step 2: Frequency to Time (IFFT) Step 3: Received Constellation Note how the points cluster around $(\pm 0.7, \pm 0.7)$ due to the $1/\sqrt{2}$ normalization.