Error probability behaviour of nonlinearly distorted OFDM signals

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  • Author(s): M.R.D. Rodrigues 1 ; I. Darwazeh 2 ; J.J. O'Reilly 3
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    • Affiliations: 1: Laboratory for Communications Engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom
      2: Telecommunications Research Group, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London , London , United Kingdom
      3: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council , Swindon , United Kingdom
  • Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 39, Issue 22, 30 October 2003, p. 1620 – 1622, DOI: 10.1049/el:20031028, Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
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Published 28/07/2012

Abstract

The error probability behaviour for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals distorted by nonlinearities and noise is investigated. Specifically, we observe that the error probability of nonlinearly distorted OFDM signals does not increase indefinitely with an increase in the number of OFDM sub-channels.

Inspec keywords: nonlinear distortion; phase shift keying; OFDM modulation; intermodulation distortion; error statistics

Other keywords: OFDM sub-channels; IMD; noise distortion; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signals; nonlinearly distorted OFDM signals; OFDM communication system model; OFDM/BPSK signals; error probability behaviour

Subjects: Communication switching; Modulation and coding methods

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      • Rodrigues, M.R.D., Mitchell, J.E., Darwazeh, I.: `On the error probability performance of nonlinearly distorted OFDM signals', IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf.—Spring, VTC'03—Spring, April 2003, Jeju, South Korea, p. 1278–1282
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