Power savings analysis of peak-to-average power ratio in OFDM

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) has become a popular modulation method in high-speed wireless networks because of its robustness against multipath fading, its simple equalizer structure, and its high bandwidth efficiency. However, in the time domain, the OFDM signal has a large pea...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on consumer electronics 2004-08, Vol.50 (3), p.792-798
Main Authors: Baxley, R.J., Zhou, G.T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bandwidth
Broadband amplifiers
Computational efficiency
Degradation
Equalizers
Fading
Military computing
OFDM modulation
Peak to average power ratio
Wireless networks
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Summary:Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) has become a popular modulation method in high-speed wireless networks because of its robustness against multipath fading, its simple equalizer structure, and its high bandwidth efficiency. However, in the time domain, the OFDM signal has a large peak-to-average power ratio (PAR), which translates to low power amplifier efficiencies. In this paper we examine and quantify the power savings from PAR reductions. We also relate any power savings to the computational power costs of selected mapping, which is a prominent PAR reduction scheme that results in negligible performance degradation.
ISSN:0098-3063
1558-4127
DOI:10.1109/TCE.2004.1341681