Performance Optimization of Universal Filtered Multicarrier Technique for Next Generation Communication Systems

Next generation communication systems require better performance to support high - bandwidth, peak data rate, spectral efficiency, mobility, connection density, positioning accuracy, etc. Investigation on efficient modulation technique for next generation has become very important so as to meet its expectations. In this paper performance optimization of universal filtered multicarrier (UFMC) technique for next generation communication systems have been investigated. Dolph-Chebyshev (DC) and Kaiser-Bessel- derived (KBD) filters have been used to optimize power spectral density, channel equalization, bit error rate, and peak to average power ratio (PAPR). It has been observed that KBD filter response is comparatively better than DC filter. Effect of filter length also influences the system performance, filter with bigger length improves performance at the cost of computational complexity. Performance of UFMC has been compared with that of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technique. The present work of investigations on UFMC that is based on subband filtering is our original research work that has been carried out for its suitability for next generation communication systems. It has simple design structure, lower computational complexities and better performance in terms of BER compared to OFDM and f-ODFM systems. It has comparatively low PAPR than GFDM and FBMC techniques.