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Main Authors: Naeem, Ahmed, Rafique, Saira, Kihero, Abuu B., Arslan, Huseyin
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.00438
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author Naeem, Ahmed
Rafique, Saira
Kihero, Abuu B.
Arslan, Huseyin
author_facet Naeem, Ahmed
Rafique, Saira
Kihero, Abuu B.
Arslan, Huseyin
contents Terahertz (THz) communication ensures the provision of ultra-high data rates owing to its abundant bandwidth; however, its performance is impeded by complex propagation mechanisms. In particular, molecular absorption induces a temporal broadening effect (TBE), which causes pulse spreading and inter-symbol interference (ISI), especially in ON-OFF keying-based systems. To address this, we propose an adaptive pulse-width transmission scheme that dynamically adjusts pulse durations based on the anticipated TBE. This approach suppresses ISI by confining energy within symbol durations while also exploiting TBE constructively to reduce pulse transmissions in specific bit patterns, leading to improved energy efficiency (EE) as an additional advantage of the proposed scheme. Analytical derivations and simulation results confirm that the proposed scheme substantially improves EE and bit error rate under practical THz channel conditions.
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spellingShingle A Temporal Broadening-Aware Pulse Width Adaptation Scheme for ISI Mitigation and Energy Efficiency in THz Communication
Naeem, Ahmed
Rafique, Saira
Kihero, Abuu B.
Arslan, Huseyin
Signal Processing
Terahertz (THz) communication ensures the provision of ultra-high data rates owing to its abundant bandwidth; however, its performance is impeded by complex propagation mechanisms. In particular, molecular absorption induces a temporal broadening effect (TBE), which causes pulse spreading and inter-symbol interference (ISI), especially in ON-OFF keying-based systems. To address this, we propose an adaptive pulse-width transmission scheme that dynamically adjusts pulse durations based on the anticipated TBE. This approach suppresses ISI by confining energy within symbol durations while also exploiting TBE constructively to reduce pulse transmissions in specific bit patterns, leading to improved energy efficiency (EE) as an additional advantage of the proposed scheme. Analytical derivations and simulation results confirm that the proposed scheme substantially improves EE and bit error rate under practical THz channel conditions.
title A Temporal Broadening-Aware Pulse Width Adaptation Scheme for ISI Mitigation and Energy Efficiency in THz Communication
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.00438