Orthogonal spectral precoder for minimizing adjacent channel leakage ratio in OFDM based cognitive radio

Abstract

One of the major drawback of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing based cognitive radio is high out-of-band leakage that can severely affect primary users operating in adjacent bands. The paper aims to design a new spectral precoding scheme that minimizes Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (ACLR) while retaining the orthogonality among data symbols. The problem is formulated as trace ratio minimization subjected to unitary constraint that can be effectively solved using iterative methods. The proposed precoder's error performance is similar to uncoded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system due to orthogonal multiplexing. Also, it is practically realizable due to lower complexity. The scheme also extends for distinct ACLR requirements in upper and lower adjacent bands. A relative important factor is introduced so as to flexibly control the interference leakage in upper and lower adjacent channels. An algorithm is suggested for choosing suitable values of this factor. Simulation results display the superiority of proposed scheme over existing techniques in terms of ACLR and throughput.