20120201314 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING PEAK TO AVERAGE POWER RATIO THROUGH RECOMBINATION OF ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SYMBOL - There are provided an apparatus and a method for reducing a peak to average power ratio (PAPR) through the recombination of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol. The apparatus includes an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol transforming unit sequentially transforming an OFDM symbol in a time domain obtained through an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) to generate a plurality of OFDM symbols; a peak power measuring unit measuring peak powers of each of the OFDM symbol and the plurality of OFDM symbols generated therefrom; and an OFDM symbol selecting unit selecting an OFDM symbol having a minimum value among the measured peak powers as a candidate OFDM symbol to be transmitted and transmitting the selected candidate OFDM symbol, wherein the OFDM symbol transforming unit generates the plurality of OFDM symbols by (a) performing a process of rotating the OFDM symbol by a predetermined angle in a complex plane and performing cyclical shifting with respect to the rotated OFDM symbol and (b) repetitively performing process (a) with respect to the cyclically shifted OFDM symbol. Therefore, diversity is secured, whereby the PAPR may be reduced. | 08-09-2012 |