Investigation of the distortion factor for Bussgang noise cancellation iterative receivers

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is considered an efficient modulation approach in the field of wireless systems. However, the significant high peak to average power ratios (PAPR) are one of the prominant shortcomings of the OFDM systems leading to severe signal distortions and acute power inefficiency. Iterative receivers, which use Bussgang algorithm approach along with clipping at the transmitter, have been presented in the literature. This methodology is majorly receiver based in order to compensate the effects of the clipping noise that was added at the transmitter. These receivers are used to analyse the distortions of clipping noise directly subtracting from the signals that are received in order to get the original signal. We demonstrate in this study a detailed and technical investigation of the Bussgang noise cancellation (BNC) receiver along with some significant results. Simulation results are presented to show that the BNC iterative receiver does not estimate the accurate clipping noise, and the performance may be improved if at the receiver end, it is somehow capable to analyze the precise clipping noise for each OFDM signal.