Spectral Efficiency Improvement Techniques in OFDM and UFMC

Abstract

Abstract: This article describes about to analyse the spectral efficiency of different modulation techniques in OFDM and UFMC. UFMC is a multi-carrier modulation technique in fifth generation network (5G). In this paper, we review the different modulation techniques in 5G technology and motivate the need of UFMC technique in 5G wireless communication. In 4G OFDM modulation technique, some drawbacks like side band leakages, high Peak to Average Power ratio (PAPR) and spectrum utilization degrades the performance of the system. Another multi carrier technique called Filter Bank Multi carrier (FBMC) which is better than OFDM, have some issues in practical aspects. So by considering the above parameters a move to another technique called Universal Filtered Multi Carrier (UFMC) is used because of good spectrum usage. This paper also explains about the UFMC system model. Based on the Simulation results in MATLAB, the spectrum utilization of UFMC system is much better than OFDM system. Keywords: UFMC, OFDM, 5G, IFFT, FFT, DAC, ADC and Spectrum efficiency.