Peak restoration in ofdm receiver with clipping a/d converter.

Autor: Rietman, R., Linnartz, J.-P.
Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications; Dec2008 Part 2, Vol. 7 Issue 12, p5177-5181, 5p
Abstrakt: OFDM signals suffer from a large Peak to Average Power Ratio, which requires large power back-offs in the transmit and receive chains. This paper studies two digital postprocessing methods of different complexity that mitigate clipping by the analog-to-digital converter in the receiver. Clipped peaks cause spurious signals on empty subcarriers, which can be used to eliminate clipping artifacts and to recover the original signal. Simulations show that a significant reduction of 3 dB in the headroom of the A/D converter (ADC) is possible, when an elaborate MMSE clip correction algorithm is used. A simple algorithm still allows for 1 dB reduction of the headroom. As the ADC is consuming an ever increasing fraction of the total receiver power, the results are believed to be relevant for low-power design of OFDM receivers, for instance to prolong battery life during digital television reception on mobile phones. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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