Nonlinear distortion cancellation using LINC transmitters in OFDM systems

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-92

  García, Paloma ^a   Ortega, Alfonso ^b   De Mingo, Jesús ^a   Valdovinos, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Arag Inst of Engineering Research ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive system; Amplifier linearization; Non linear distortion; Ortogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER LINEARIZATION; PHASE MODULATED SIGNALS; POWER EFFICIENCY; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL TELEVISION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRANSMITTERS;

ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 15844371965     PISSN: 00189316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2004.842527     Document Type: Article

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