Out-of-band analysis of GFDM systems based on different self-interference types

Abstract

This paper studies the impact of out-of-band (OOB) emission and interferences on the generalized frequency division multiplexing (GFDM) systems. Specifically, we analyze the effects of two types of independent self-interference, namely inband and adjacent subcarrier interference, on the OOB performance. We analytically derive mathematical expressions for OOB emission and sufficient conditions for reducing OOB. We investigate the effects of different prototype filters on the OOB performance based on the new formulation of the GFDM system. Our numerical experiments show that the OOB performance is independent of the modulation order and depends on the type of prototype filter and its orthogonality.