Filter Design for Generalized Frequency-Division Multiplexing

In this paper, optimal filter design for generalized frequency-division multiplexing (GFDM) is considered under two design criteria: rate maximization and out-of-band (OOB) emission minimization. First, the problem of GFDM filter optimization for rate maximization is formulated by expressing the transmission rate of GFDM as a function of GFDM filter coefficients. It is shown that Dirichlet filters are rate-optimal in additive white Gaussian noise channels with no carrier frequency offset (CFO) under linear zero-forcing (ZF) or minimum mean-square error (MMSE) receivers, but in general channels perturbed by CFO a properly designed nontrivial GFDM filter can yield better performance than Dirichlet filters by adjusting the subcarrier waveform to cope with the channel-induced CFO. Next, the problem of GFDM filter design for OOB emission minimization is formulated by expressing the power spectral density of the GFDM transmit signal as a function of GFDM filter coefficients, and it is shown that the OOB emission can be reduced significantly by designing the GFDM filter properly and there is a tradeoff between the transmission rate and OOB radiation for GFDM with linear receivers. Finally, joint design of GFDM filter and window for the two design criteria is considered.