Power Amplifier-Aware Transmit Power Optimization for OFDM and SC-FDMA Systems

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Main Author: Kryszkiewicz, Pawel
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Published: 2025
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contents The Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) is a transmission technique used in the uplink of Long Term Evolution (LTE) and 5G systems, as it is characterized by reduced transmitted signal envelope fluctuations in comparison to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technique used in the downlink. This allows for higher energy efficiency of User Equipments (UEs) while maintaining sufficient signal quality, measured by Error Vector Magnitude (EVM), at the transmitter. This paper proposes to model a nonlinear Power Amplifier (PA) influence while optimizing the transmit power in order to maximize the Signal to Noise and Distortion power Ratio (SNDR) at the receiver, removing the transmitter-based EVM constraint. An analytic model of SNDR for the OFDM system and a semi-analytical model for the SC-FDMA system are provided. Numerical investigations show that the proposed transmit power optimization allows for improved signal quality at the receiver for both OFDM and SC-FDMA systems. However, SC-FDMA still outperforms OFDM in this matter. Such a power amplifier-aware wireless transmitter optimization should be considered to boost the performance and sustainability of next-generation wireless systems, including Internet of Things (IoT) ones.
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spellingShingle Power Amplifier-Aware Transmit Power Optimization for OFDM and SC-FDMA Systems
Kryszkiewicz, Pawel
Networking and Internet Architecture
The Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) is a transmission technique used in the uplink of Long Term Evolution (LTE) and 5G systems, as it is characterized by reduced transmitted signal envelope fluctuations in comparison to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technique used in the downlink. This allows for higher energy efficiency of User Equipments (UEs) while maintaining sufficient signal quality, measured by Error Vector Magnitude (EVM), at the transmitter. This paper proposes to model a nonlinear Power Amplifier (PA) influence while optimizing the transmit power in order to maximize the Signal to Noise and Distortion power Ratio (SNDR) at the receiver, removing the transmitter-based EVM constraint. An analytic model of SNDR for the OFDM system and a semi-analytical model for the SC-FDMA system are provided. Numerical investigations show that the proposed transmit power optimization allows for improved signal quality at the receiver for both OFDM and SC-FDMA systems. However, SC-FDMA still outperforms OFDM in this matter. Such a power amplifier-aware wireless transmitter optimization should be considered to boost the performance and sustainability of next-generation wireless systems, including Internet of Things (IoT) ones.
title Power Amplifier-Aware Transmit Power Optimization for OFDM and SC-FDMA Systems
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11994