Alignment Signal Aided CP-Free SEFDM

Abstract

This paper proposes a cyclic prefix (CP) free spectral efficiency frequency division multiplexing (SEFDM) wireless signal transmission and reception method based on alignment signal (AS). The method needs the cooperation of both the transmission and reception sides. At the transmitter, time-domain AS is designed to prevent inter-symbol interference (ISI) caused by multipath propagation in the received signal. At the receiver, the channel circularity convolution providing processing is used to enable high accurate frequency domain one-tap equaliser. The extensive computer simulation results under the 5G new radio (5G-NR) channel model, TDL-D, show the that the AS aided SEFDM has similar bit error rate performance as CP-SEFDM without energy and latency cost on CP. The AS-SEFDM capability to mitigate the ISI and to enable the one-tap equaliser in SEFDM systems makes it a promising technique for future wireless communication systems.