High-throughput, high-performance OFDM via pseudo-orthogonal carrier interferometry coding

OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) is susceptible to poor probability of error performance in fading channels. To enhance OFDM's performance, many architectures utilize channel coding. The addition of coding, adds both redundancy and frequency diversity, but comes at a cost of reduced overall throughput (typically by a factor of 2). This paper introduces a novel carrier interferometry phase coding to enhance the performance in OFDM systems without bandwidth expansion or decreased throughput. It is shown that at a bit error rate of 10/sup 3/, this method gains 14 dB over OFDM, equaling the performance of COFDM. A system is now available demonstrating the benefits of coded OFDM, which maintains the throughput of OFDM. The cost is one of increased receiver complexity.