Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

May 2012

Patent Number

8184728

Abstract

In accordance with the present invention, a system and method for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) sidelobe suppression is provided. In a particular embodiment an extension is added to OFDM symbols that is calculated using optimization methods to minimize adjacent channel interference (ACI) while keeping the extension power at an acceptable level. Using this technique, interference to adjacent signals is reduced significantly at the cost of a small decrease in the useful symbol energy. The proposed method can be used by cognitive radio (CR) systems to shape the spectrum of OFDM signals and to minimize interference to licensed users (LU), or to reduce the size of guard bands used in conventional OFDM systems.

Application Number

12/422,651

Assignees

University of South Florida

Filing Date

04/13/2009

Primary/U.S. Class

375/260

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