%0 Journal Article
%T Performance and Implementation Evaluation of TR PAPR Reduction Methods for DVB-T2
%A Mohamad Mrou¨¦
%A Amor Nafkha
%A Jacques Palicot
%A Benjamin Gavalda
%A Nelly Dagorne
%J International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
%D 2010
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2010/797393
%X High Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) is a critical issue in multicarrier communication systems using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), as in the Second Generation Terrestrial Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-T2) system. This problem can result in large performance degradation due to the nonlinearity of the High Power Amplifier (HPA) or in its low power efficiency. In this paper, we evaluate the performance of different Tone Reservation-based techniques for PAPR reduction in DVB-T2 context. Also, we propose an iterative TR-based technique called ˇ°One Kernel One Peakˇ± (OKOP). Simulation results and performance comparison of these techniques in terms of gain in PAPR reduction, mean power variation, and complexity will be given. Finally, we describe the implementation of a PAPR reduction algorithm in the DVB-T2 modulator. 1. Introduction The performance of high data rate systems is significantly limited by the multipath interference that occurs in the radio channel environment. As an attractive technique in mitigating the multipath interference, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) has been widely applied in various broadcasting systems such as, the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) systems. Despite its competitive attributes, OFDM signals are characterized by very high Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) levels. This characteristic leads the OFDM signals to be very sensitive to nonlinearities of analogue components of the transceiver, in particular those of the High Power Amplifier (HPA) at the emission. An HPA is conceived to operate in its saturation zone which corresponds to its high efficiency region. However, in this zone, the HPA has a severe nonlinear behaviour. These nonlinearities are sources of In-Band (IB) distortions which can both degrade the link performance in term of Bit Error Rate (BER) and also cause significant Out-Of-Band (OOB) interference products that make it harder for the operator to comply with stringent spectral masks. The simplest solution to this problem is to operate the HPA in the linear region by allowing a large enough amplifier back-off. However, this approach degrades the power efficiency of the system and often leads to unacceptable cost-efficiency conditions in the overall system. For all these reasons, reducing the PAPR of OFDM signals is increasingly being considered to be very important in maintaining the cost-effectiveness advantages of OFDM in practical systems, especially as new systems, such as DVB-T2, are being specified with large number of subcarriers (up to 32768 subcarriers and
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