Title :
Effect of smooth non-linear distortion on OFDM BER
Author :
Van den Bos, Chris ; Kouwenhoven, Michiel H L ; Serdijn, Wouter A.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. Technol. & Syst., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
Non-linear distortion of OFDM signals can significantly increase the receiver BER. Currently, distortion analyses rely on simulation, not yielding insight into the problem, or apply to specific non-linearities only. In this paper, general analytic results are presented on the errors resulting from distortion. The results are applicable to smooth non-linear distortion of an OFDM signal, which is the most common distortion. Simple analytical expressions are derived which allows a designer to determine the BER before performing simulations. Further, it is shown that the error on each OFDM subcarrier is approximately equally large
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; correlation methods; error statistics; nonlinear distortion; reception; spectral analysis; OFDM BER; OFDM signals; OFDM subcarrier error; bit error rate; orthogonal FDM; receiver BER; signal distortion analysis; smooth nonlinear distortion; Analytical models; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Communication systems; Crosstalk; Information technology; Intersymbol interference; Nonlinear distortion; OFDM; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2000. Proceedings. ISCAS 2000 Geneva. The 2000 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5482-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2000.858790
