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We investigate neural network (NN) assisted techniques for compensating the non-linear behaviour and the memory effect of a 5G PA through digital predistortion (DPD). Traditionally, the most prevalent compensation technique computes the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-31 Alexandru Cioba , Alvin Chua , Da-shan Shiu , Ting-Hsun Kuo , Chia-Sheng Peng

We present a simple nonlinear digital pre-distortion (DPD) of optical transmitter components, which consists of concatenated blocks of a finite impulse response (FIR) filter, a memoryless nonlinear function and another FIR filter. The model…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-16 Takeo Sasai , Masanori Nakamura , Etsushi Yamazaki , Asuka Matsushita , Seiji Okamoto , Kengo Horikoshi , Yoshiaki Kisaka

For downlink transmission in massive multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems, conventional precoding research heavily focuses on reducing the computational complexity of precoding matrix design, while largely overlooking…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Shuai Gao , Fan Xu , Mian Li , Xinzhi Ning , Lei Qiu , Ye Yang , Qingjiang Shi

In this work, we propose an iterative scheme for computing a linear precoder that takes into account the impact of hardware impairments in the multiuser multiple-input single-output downlink. We particularly focus on the case when the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-28 Sina Rezaei Aghdam , Sven Jacobsson , Thomas Eriksson

This paper jointly designs linear precoding (LP) and codebook-based beamforming implemented in a satellite with massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) antenna technology. The codebook of beamforming weights is built using the…

In this paper, new digital predistortion (DPD) solutions for power amplifier (PA) linearization are proposed, with particular emphasis on reduced processing complexity in future 5G and beyond wideband radio systems. The first proposed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-03 Pablo Pascual Campo , Alberto Brihuega , Lauri Anttila , Matias Turunen , Dani Korpi , Markus Allén , Mikko Valkama

Digital predistortion is the process of correcting for nonlinearities in the analog RF front-end of a wireless transmitter. These nonlinearities contribute to adjacent channel leakage, degrade the error vector magnitude of transmitted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-02 Chance Tarver , Alexios Balatsoukas-Stimming , Joseph R. Cavallaro

Cell-free massive multi-input multi-output (CF-mMIMO) systems have emerged as a promising paradigm for next-generation wireless communications, offering enhanced spectral efficiency and coverage through distributed antenna arrays. However,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-06 Mengzhen Liu , Ming Li , Rang Liu , Qian Liu

Non-linear transceivers and non-reciprocity of downlink and uplink channels are two major challenges in the deployment of massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems. We consider an over-the-air (OTA) approach for digital…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-26 Ashkan Sheikhi , Ove Edfors , Juan Vidal Alegría

Real-world wireless transmitter front-ends exhibit certain nonlinear behavior, e.g., signal clipping by a Power Amplifier (PA). Although many resource allocation solutions do not consider this for simplicity, it leads to inaccurate results…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-05 Siddarth Marwaha , Pawel Kryszkiewicz , Eduard Jorswieck

In modern 5G user equipments (UEs), the power amplifier (PA) contributes significantly to power consumption during uplink transmissions, especially in cell-edge scenarios. While reducing power backoff can enhance PA efficiency, it…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-19 Daniel Schäufele , Jochen Fink , Renato L. G. Cavalcante , Sławomir Stańczak

Future multi-input multi-output (MIMO) wireless communications systems will use beamforming as a first-step towards realizing the capacity requirements necessitated by the exponential increase in data demands. The focus of this work is on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-27 Dennis Ogbe , David J. Love , Vasanthan Raghavan

Nonlinear distortion of a multicarrier signal by a transmitter Power Amplifier (PA) can be a serious problem when designing new highly energy-efficient wireless systems. Although the performance of standard reception algorithms is seriously…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Pawel Kryszkiewicz , Hanna Bogucka

Digital predistortion (DPD) is essential for mitigating nonlinearity in RF power amplifiers, particularly for wideband applications. This paper presents TCN-DPD, a parameter-efficient architecture based on temporal convolutional networks,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-26 Huanqiang Duan , Manno Versluis , Qinyu Chen , Leo C. N. de Vreede , Chang Gao

Digital predistortion (DPD) is crucial for linearizing radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers (PAs), improving signal integrity and efficiency in wireless systems. Neural network (NN)-based DPD methods surpass traditional polynomial models…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Manno Versluis , Yizhuo Wu , Chang Gao

In this work, we analyze how the use of companding techniques, together with digital predistortion (DPD), can be leveraged to improve system efficiency and performance in simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) systems…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Santiago Fernández , F. Javier López-Martínez , Fernando H. Gregorio , Juan Cousseau

This paper investigates the use of Neural Network (NN) nonlinear modelling for Power Amplifier (PA) linearization in the Walsh-Hadamard transceiver architecture. This novel architecture has recently been proposed for ultra-high bandwidth…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-11 Cel Thys , Rodney Martinez Alonso , Antoine Lhomel , Maxandre Fellmann , Nathalie Deltimple , Francois Rivet , Sofie Pollin

Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) is expected to be a technology reshaping the landscape of low-power applications such as the Internet of Things, Radio Frequency identification (RFID) networks, etc. Although there has been some progress…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-11 Yang Huang , Bruno Clerckx

Massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems are typically designed under the assumption of linear power amplifiers (PAs). However, PAs are typically most energy-efficient when operating close to their saturation point, where they…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-14 Thomas Feys , Xavier Mestre , François Rottenberg

This paper introduces a new efficient autoprecoder (AP) based deep learning approach for massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) downlink systems in which the base station is equipped with a large number of antennas with…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Xinying Cheng , Rafik Zayani , Marin Ferecatu , Nicolas Audebert