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PAPR analysis in noncontiguous OFDM systems
Author(s) -
Kryszkiewicz Paweł,
Kliks Adrian,
Louet Yves
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
transactions on emerging telecommunications technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.366
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 2161-3915
DOI - 10.1002/ett.3133
Subject(s) - orthogonal frequency division multiplexing , subcarrier , modulation (music) , cumulative distribution function , power (physics) , electronic engineering , computer science , spectral efficiency , signal (programming language) , fading , multiplexing , algorithm , mathematics , telecommunications , engineering , statistics , probability density function , physics , channel (broadcasting) , acoustics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Noncontiguous orthogonal frequency‐division multiplexing (NC‐OFDM) is a modulation technique suitable for 5G communications. It achieves high spectral efficiency due to aggregation and modulation with nonzero data symbols of only nonoccupied spectrum resources (subcarrier blocks). Similarly as in other multicarrier schemes, one of its main drawbacks is the high variation of instantaneous signal power measured typically by means of peak‐to‐average power ratio (PAPR). Although a lot of research effort has been put in OFDM PAPR characterization, there is a need for such work in the case of NC‐OFDM. This paper finds that PAPR distribution of NC‐OFDM is different than in the case of OFDM. The analysis was done by means of both simulations and analytical derivations. Lower and upper PAPR complementary cumulative distribution function bounds are provided for NC‐OFDM that are much tighter than state‐of‐the‐art solutions.