SC-FDMA (Singe Carrier FDMA) presents the benefit of a single carrier multiplexing of having a lower Peak-to-average Power Ratio . On SC-FDMA before applying the IFFT the symbols are pre coded by a DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform). This way each subcarrier after de IFFT will contain part of each symbol.
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SC-FDMA is preferred for LTE uplink mainly due to its advantage of having low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) during signal transmission. The performance of SC-FDMA depends on modulation scheme used for it.
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Direct Fourier Transform spread OFDM, commonly abbreviated to DFT-s-OFDM, is an SC or single carrier-like transmission scheme that can be combined with OFDM that gives significant flexibility for a mobile communications system like 5G. It is more commonly known as SC-FDMA .
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