8th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

Partial Transmit Sequence Using EVM Optimization Metric for BER Reduction in OFDM Systems

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ChinaCom.2013.6694575,
        author={Shun Zhang and Jianhua Ge and Jun Hou and Fengkui Gong},
        title={Partial Transmit Sequence Using EVM Optimization Metric for BER Reduction in OFDM Systems},
        proceedings={8th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2013},
        month={11},
        keywords={orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (ofdm) peak-to-average power ratio (papr) error vector magnitude (evm) solid state power amplifier (sspa) two-layer pts optimization model},
        doi={10.1109/ChinaCom.2013.6694575}
    }
    
  • Shun Zhang
    Jianhua Ge
    Jun Hou
    Fengkui Gong
    Year: 2013
    Partial Transmit Sequence Using EVM Optimization Metric for BER Reduction in OFDM Systems
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2013.6694575
Shun Zhang1, Jianhua Ge1, Jun Hou1,*, Fengkui Gong1
  • 1: Xidian University
*Contact email: j.hou.xidian@gmail.com

Abstract

One of the main drawbacks of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is its high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). Conventional partial transmit sequence (PTS) is an efficient PAPR reduction technique. However, reducing the PAPR cannot achieve an optimal bit error rate (BER) performance when the signals are passed through a power amplifier (PA) because of nonlinear distortion. In this paper, an error vector magnitude (EVM) reduction PTS scheme is proposed to improve the BER performance in the presence of PA. By properly choosing the phase factor of the PTS, this scheme can dramatically reduce the nonlinear distortion. In addition, a simplified two-layer PTS optimization model is introduced to reduce the complexity. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can significantly improve the BER performance while maintaining low complexity.