A NEW APPROACH TO CONTROL PEAK TO AVERAGE POWER FOR OFDM SIGNALS

Abstract

The telecommunications’ industry is in the midst of a veritable explosion in wireless technologies. Once exclusively military, satellite and cellular technologies are now commercially driven by ever more demanding consumers, who are ready for seamless communication from their home to their car, to their office, or even for outdoor activities. With this increased demand comes a growing need to transmit information wirelessly, quickly, and accurately. To address this need, communications engineer have combined technologies suitable for high rate transmission with forward error correction techniques. The latter are particularly important as wireless communications channels are far more hostile as opposed to wire alternatives, and the need for mobility proves especially challenging for reliable communications. For the most part, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is the standard being used throughout the world to achieve the high data rates necessary for data intensive appli...