Performance Analysis of NOMA-Assisted Optical OFDM ISAC Systems with Clipping Distortion

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Main Authors: Luong, Nam N., Nguyen, Chuyen T., Pham, Thanh V.
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Published: 2025
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author Luong, Nam N.
Nguyen, Chuyen T.
Pham, Thanh V.
author_facet Luong, Nam N.
Nguyen, Chuyen T.
Pham, Thanh V.
contents This paper studies the performance of optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based multi-user integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems employing non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). Due to their inherent high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), OFDM waveforms are clipped to fit the limited dynamic range of the optical transmitters (e.g., light-emitting diodes (LEDs)), resulting in clipping distortion. To alleviate the impact of the distortion, we propose a novel transmitter architecture where the clipping processes are performed before NOMA superposition coding. We then analyze the performance of the proposed optical ISAC systems considering the effects of power allocation and clipping distortion. For the communication subsystem, we analyze the effect of NOMA on the achievable sum rate and bit error rate (BER). For the sensing subsystem, the root mean square error (RMSE) and Cramér-Rao bound (CRB) of estimating the transmission distance accuracy are obtained. Simulation results reveal that allocating more power to the strong user yields a higher sum rate, lower BER, and better sensing performance, whereas a more balanced power allocation among users results in degraded BER and sensing performance.
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spellingShingle Performance Analysis of NOMA-Assisted Optical OFDM ISAC Systems with Clipping Distortion
Luong, Nam N.
Nguyen, Chuyen T.
Pham, Thanh V.
Systems and Control
Information Theory
Signal Processing
This paper studies the performance of optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based multi-user integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems employing non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). Due to their inherent high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), OFDM waveforms are clipped to fit the limited dynamic range of the optical transmitters (e.g., light-emitting diodes (LEDs)), resulting in clipping distortion. To alleviate the impact of the distortion, we propose a novel transmitter architecture where the clipping processes are performed before NOMA superposition coding. We then analyze the performance of the proposed optical ISAC systems considering the effects of power allocation and clipping distortion. For the communication subsystem, we analyze the effect of NOMA on the achievable sum rate and bit error rate (BER). For the sensing subsystem, the root mean square error (RMSE) and Cramér-Rao bound (CRB) of estimating the transmission distance accuracy are obtained. Simulation results reveal that allocating more power to the strong user yields a higher sum rate, lower BER, and better sensing performance, whereas a more balanced power allocation among users results in degraded BER and sensing performance.
title Performance Analysis of NOMA-Assisted Optical OFDM ISAC Systems with Clipping Distortion
topic Systems and Control
Information Theory
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02282