Crest Factors of Complementary-Sequence-Based Multicode MC-CDMA Signals

• Main Authors: Choi, B.J (Author), Hanzo, L. (Author)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2003-11.
• Subjects: Article
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 The crest factor properties of binary phase-shift keying modulated two- and four-code assisted multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) employing complementary-sequence-based spreading sequences are characterized. More specifically, a complementary-sequence pair, a complementary- sequence-based subcomplementary code pair, and a Sivaswamy's complementary code set are studied. It was found that the corresponding crest factors are bounded by 3 dB, which corresponds to the crest factor of a single sine wave. This low crest factor resulted in a lower power loss and a lower out-of-band power spectrum due to clipping when the time-domain signal was subjected to a typical nonlinear power amplifier, in comparison to those ofWalsh code and orthogonal Gold code-spread MC-CDMA signals. Index Terms-Complementary set, crest factor (CF), Golay codes, multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA), Shapiro-Rudin sequence, subcomplementary set.