SC-FDMA is a hybrid modulation scheme that combines the low peak-to-average ratio (PAR) of traditional single-carrier formats such as GSM with the multipath resistance and in-channel frequency scheduling flexibility of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM). Acronyms galore: LTE history and context.
Read moreWhat is the advantage of OFDMA over conventional FDMA?
SC- FDMA has a lower PAPR and lower sensitivity to carrier frequency errors while OFDMA provides better frequency diversity resulting in better immunity against multipath fading .
Read moreWhat is the difference between OFDM and SC-FDMA?
The most obvious difference between the two schemes is that OFDMA transmits the four QPSK data symbols in parallel, one per subcarrier, while SC-FDMA transmits the four QPSK data symbols in series at four times the rate , with each data symbol occupying a wider M x 15 kHz bandwidth.
Read moreWhat is DFT spread OFDM?
The DFT-spread OFDM is a form of single-carrier technique that possesses almost all advantages of the multicarrier OFDM technique (such as high spectral efficiency, flexible bandwidth allocation, low sampling rate, and low-complexity equalization).
Read moreWhat is the advantage of single carrier FDMA comparing to OFDMA?
Owing to its inherent single carrier structure, a prominent advantage of SC-FDMA over OFDM and OFDMA is that its transmit signal has a lower peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) , resulting in relaxed design parameters in the transmit path of a subscriber unit.
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