MIMO-OFDM에서 PAPR 저감 및 사전 왜곡기에 의한 HPA의 전력 효율 개선 = Improvement of Power Efficiency of HPA by the PAPR Reduction and Predistorter in MIMO-OFDM

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In this paper, we evaluate the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) performance in a space-time block code (STBC) multi-input multi-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) system using selected mapping (SLM) and partial transmit sequences (PTS) approaches. SLM and PTS methods are used to decrease the nonlinear distortion and to improve the power efficiency of the nonlinear high power amplifier(HPA) in the MIMO-OFDM system. In simulation result, when compared with the existing MIMO-OFDM system using QPSK, the PTS method reduces the PAPR about 5 dB while the SLM method can reduce about 3.5 dB. Also, we find the BER performance of the MIMO-OFDM system with and without the predistorter in front of the HPA. When the predistorter is used, the input back-off (IBO) of 4 dB is required in the PTS method, and IBO of 6 dB in the SLM method to closely conform to the linear amplifier. If the method of improving the PAPR is not used, the value of IBO of 8 dB is required.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 논문에서는 SLM(selective mapping)과 PTS(partial transmit sequence) 방식을 이용한 STBC MIMO-OFDM(space-time block code multi-input multi-output orthorgonal frequency division multiplexing) 시스템의 PAPR(peak-to-average power ratio) 성능을 분석한다. MIMO-OFDM 시스템에서 SLM과 PTS 방식은 비선형왜곡을 줄이고 비선형 HPA(high power amplifier)의 전력효율을 개선하기위해 사용된다. 시뮬레이션 결과에서는 QPSK를 사용한 기존의 MIMO-OFDM 시스템과 비교하였을때, SLM의 PAPR이 3.5dB 정도 줄어드는 동안 PTS는 5dB 정도 감소되는 결과를 볼 수 있다. 또한, HPA의 앞단에 사전왜곡기의 유무에 따른 MIMO-OFDM 시스템의 BER 성능을 분석해 본 결과 사전 왜곡기를 사용하였을 때 선형 증폭기에 근접하기 위해서 SLM 방식에서 6dB IBO(input backoff)가 요구되고 PTS 방식에서는 4dB가 요구됨을 확인하였다. PAPR을 개선하는 방식을 사용하지 않으면 8dB의 IBO가 필요하다.

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