Peak-to-average power ratio reduction of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signals using improved salp swarm optimization-based partial transmit sequence model

Several peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction methods have been used in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) applications. Among the available methods, partial transmit sequence (PTS) is an efficient PAPR reduction method but can be computationally expensive while determining optimal phase factors (OPFs). Therefore, an optimization algorithm, namely, the improved salp swarm optimization algorithm (ISSA), is incorporated with the PTS to reduce the PAPR of the OFDM signals with limited computational cost. The ISSA includes a dynamic weight element and Lévy flight process to improve the global exploration ability of the optimization algorithm and to control the global and local search ability of the population with a better convergence rate. Three evaluation measures, namely, the complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF), bit error rate (BER), and symbol error rate (SER), demonstrate the efficacy of the PTS-ISSA model, which achieves a lower PAPR of 3.47 dB and is superior to other optimization algorithms using the PTS method.