Crest Factor Reduction in Digital Front End Hardware for wireless Base Station Transmitter

dc.contributor.authorVaibhav
dc.contributor.supervisorSharma, Sanjay
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-27T08:49:10Z
dc.date.available2008-08-27T08:49:10Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractManyofthemodulationmethodscurrentlyinusesufferfromahighPeak-to-AveragepowerRatio(PAR),alsoknownastheCrestFactor(CF).TheGlobalSystemforMobilecommunication(GSM)isawidespreadsecond-generation(2G)systemthatusesconstantenvelopeGaussianminimumshiftkeyingmodulation.Theadvantageachievedbyconstantenvelopemodulationisthepossibilityofusingpower-efficientpoweramplifiers(PAs).However,itmightbebeneficialtocombinethecarriersinadigitalintermediatefrequencyinordertoreducethenumberofanaloguecomponents.Thedrawbackwiththisisthatthesignalisnomoreaconstantenvelopesignal,butithasastronglyfluctuatingenvelopewithahighCF.EnhancedDataratesforGSMEvolution(EDGE)isanenhancementtotheGSMsystemwiththeprimaryobjectiveoftriplingtheon-airdataratewhilemeetingessentiallythesamebandwidthoccupancyoftheoriginalGSMsignal.AlsointhecaseofEDGE,ifthecarriersarecombinedpriortoamplificationwewouldendupwiththesamehighCFproblem.WidebandCodeDivisionMultipleAccess(WCDMA)hasbeenselectedbytheEuropeanTelecommunicationsStandardsInstituteforwidebandwirelessaccesstosupportthird-generation(3G)services.OrthogonalFrequencyDivisionMultiplexing(OFDM)iscommonlyconsideredtobeatechnicalsolutionforfourth-generation(4G)services.Inbothcases,thetransmittedsignalisgeneratedbyaddingtogetheralargenumberofstatisticallyindependentsignals,whichleadstoasignalwithahighCF.ThehighCF,setsstrictrequirementsforthelinearityofthePA.Inordertolimittheadjacentchannelleakage,itisdesirableforthePAtooperateinitslinearregion.HighlinearityrequirementsforthePAleadstolowpowerefficiencyandthereforetohighpowerconsumption.Analternativetotheexpenseofawide-dynamic-rangePAistheuseofdeliberateclippingtodigitallydistortthesignalsothatthesignalqualityisstillmaintainedatasufficientlevel.Asanextraadvantage,thedecreasedCFgivesrisetothepossibilityofutilizingthedynamicrangeofthedigitalcircuitryanddigital-to-analogconverterefficiently.Thisthesisdiscussesdigitalmodulatordesign,concentratingonCFreductionalgorithms.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10266/606
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectCrest factor, FPGAen
dc.subjectWireless Base stationen
dc.titleCrest Factor Reduction in Digital Front End Hardware for wireless Base Station Transmitteren

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