Nonlinear amplifier distortion in cooperative amplify-and-forward OFDM systems

Authors:
Victor del Razo;Taneli Riihonen;Fernando Gregorio;Stefan Werner;Risto Wichman
Affiliations:
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland;Helsinki University of Technology, Finland;Conicet-Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina;Helsinki University of Technology, Finland;Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Venue:
WCNC'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE conference on Wireless Communications & Networking Conference
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This paper studies receiver techniques for nonlinear amplifier distortion compensation in an OFDM relay-assisted cooperative communication system. The system model includes a nonlinear amplifier at the amplify-and-forward relay, modeled as a solid state power amplifier (SSPA). A maximum ratio combiner (MRC) is introduced that includes the effects of the amplifier distortions. The MRC is obtained by a proper modeling of the nonlinear distortion noise. Furthermore, we introduce a power amplifier nonlinearity cancellation (PANC) technique that is suitable for cooperative systems. Our simulation results confirm that the new MRC and PANC techniques offer substantial performance improvements if the relayed signal is subject to nonlinear distortion.