PAPR reduction of OFDM using PTS and error-correcting code subblocking - Transactions Papers

Partial transmit sequence (PTS) is a proven technique to reduce the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. It achieves considerable PAPR reduction without distortion, but the high computational complexity of multiple Fourier transforms is a problem in practical systems. To address the complexity, signals at the middle stages of an ¿-point radix FFT using decimation in frequency (DIF) are employed for PTS subblocking. We formulate OFDM symbols based on these signals to exploit the periodic autocorrelation function (ACF) of the vectors in the PTS subblock partitioning. Error-correcting codes (ECCs) are employed in the subblocking for the PTS radix FFT. This new technique significantly decreases the computational complexity while providing comparable PAPR reduction to ordinary PTS (O-PTS), even with a small number of stages after PTS partitioning. Numerical results are presented which confirm the PAPR improvements.