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+## Copyright (C) 2002 David Bateman
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{y} =} wgn (@var{m},@var{n},@var{p})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{y} =} wgn (@var{m},@var{n},@var{p},@var{imp})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{y} =} wgn (@var{m},@var{n},@var{p},@var{imp},@var{seed},)
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{y} =} wgn (@var{...},'@var{type}')
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{y} =} wgn (@var{...},'@var{output}')
+##
+## Returns a M-by-N matrix @var{y} of white Gaussian noise. @var{p} specifies
+## the power of the output noise, which is assumed to be referenced to an
+## impedance of 1 Ohm, unless @var{imp} explicitly defines the impedance.
+##
+## If @var{seed} is defined then the randn function is seeded with this
+## value.
+##
+## The arguments @var{type} and @var{output} must follow the above numerial
+## arguments, but can be specified in any order. @var{type} specifies the
+## units of @var{p}, and can be 'dB', 'dBW', 'dBm' or 'linear'. 'dB' is
+## in fact the same as 'dBW' and is keep as a misnomer of Matlab. The
+## units of 'linear' are in Watts.
+##
+## The @var{output} variable should be either 'real' or 'complex'. If the
+## output is complex then the power @var{p} is divided equally betwen the
+## real and imaginary parts.
+##
+## @seealso{randn,awgn}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## 2003-01-28
+## initial release
+
+function y = wgn (m, n, p, varargin)
+
+ if ((nargin < 3) || (nargin > 7))
+ error ("usage: wgn(m, n, p, imp, seed, type, output)");
+ endif
+
+ if (!isscalar(m) || !isreal(m) || (m < 0) || !isscalar(n) || ...
+ !isreal(n) || (n<0))
+ error ("wgn: matrix dimension error");
+ endif
+
+ type = "dBW";
+ out = "real";
+ imp = 1;
+ seed = [];
+ narg = 0;
+
+ for i=1:length(varargin)
+ arg = varargin{i};
+ if (ischar(arg))
+ if (strcmp(arg,"real"))
+ out = "real";
+ elseif (strcmp(arg,"complex"))
+ out = "complex";
+ elseif (strcmp(arg,"dB"))
+ type = "dBW";
+ elseif (strcmp(arg,"dBW"))
+ type = "dBW";
+ elseif (strcmp(arg,"dBm"))
+ type = "dBm";
+ elseif (strcmp(arg,"linear"))
+ type = "linear";
+ else
+ error ("wgn: invalid argument");
+ endif
+ else
+ narg++;
+ switch (narg)
+ case 1,
+ imp = arg;
+ case 2,
+ seed = arg;
+ otherwise
+ error ("wgn: too many arguments");
+ endswitch
+ endif
+ end
+
+ if (isempty(imp))
+ imp = 1;
+ elseif (!isscalar(imp) || !isreal(imp) || (imp < 0))
+ error ("wgn: impedance value illegal");
+ endif
+
+ if (!isempty(seed))
+ if (!isscalar(seed) || !isreal(seed) || (seed < 0) ||
+ ((seed-floor(seed)) != 0))
+ error ("wgn: random seed must be integer");
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ if (!isscalar(p) || !isreal(p))
+ error("wgn: invalid power");
+ endif
+ if (strcmp(type,"linear") && (p < 0))
+ error("wgn: invalid power");
+ endif
+
+ if (strcmp(type,"dBW"))
+ np = 10 ^ (p/10);
+ elseif (strcmp(type,"dBm"))
+ np = 10 ^((p - 30)/10);
+ elseif (strcmp(type,"linear"))
+ np = p;
+ endif
+
+ if(!isempty(seed))
+ randn("state",seed);
+ endif
+
+ if (strcmp(out,"complex"))
+ y = (sqrt(imp*np/2))*(randn(m,n)+1i*randn(m,n));
+ else
+ y = (sqrt(imp*np))*randn(m,n);
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+## Allow 30% error in standard deviation, due to randomness
+%!error wgn ();
+%!error wgn (1);
+%!error wgn (1,1);
+%!error wgn (1,1,1,1,1,1);
+%!assert (isreal(wgn(10,10,30,1,"dBm","real")));
+%!assert (iscomplex(wgn(10,10,30,1,"dBm","complex")));
+%!assert (abs(std(wgn(10000,1,30,1,"dBm")) - 1) < 0.3);
+%!assert (abs(std(wgn(10000,1,0,1,"dBW")) - 1) < 0.3);
+%!assert (abs(std(wgn(10000,1,1,1,"linear")) - 1) < 0.3);