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Volume 13 | Issue 10 | Year 2026 | Article Id. IJECE-V13I10P112 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/23488549/IJECE-V13I10P112

Channel-Aware Hybrid Precoding and Gaussianized Companding for Energy-Efficient PAPR Reduction in Next-Generation Multicarrier Waveforms

Ponmani Raja M, Sujatha S, Prajoon P

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15 Sep 2026 12 Oct 2026 22 Oct 2026 28 Oct 2026

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Ponmani Raja M, Sujatha S, Prajoon P, "Channel-Aware Hybrid Precoding and Gaussianized Companding for Energy-Efficient PAPR Reduction in Next-Generation Multicarrier Waveforms," International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 205-223, 2026. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488549/IJECE-V13I10P112

Abstract

Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) remains a major limitation in multicarrier communication because large waveform peaks reduce power-amplifier efficiency and may degrade reliability and spectral containment while increasing energy consumption. This paper presents a Channel-Aware Hybrid Precoding and Gaussianized Companding (CA-HPGC) framework for energy-efficient PAPR reduction in OFDM, UFMC, and OTFS waveforms. The framework observes channel-state information, Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Doppler condition, modulation order, power-amplifier headroom, and quality-of-service requirements to select SRC, DCT, DHT, or hybrid precoding. It then applies selective Gaussianized companding only to statistically dominant envelope samples. A multi-objective controller jointly considers PAPR, bit-error rate, error vector magnitude, out-of-band emission, energy per bit, and latency. In the simulation-based evaluation, CA-HPGC reduces PAPR to 6.50 dB for UFMC and 6.10 dB for OTFS at CCDF of 10-3. At 20 dB SNR, the proposed OTFS achieves BER of 2.8×10-4, EVM of 2.40%, and OOB power of -45.10 dBm. Energy efficiency reaches 2.17 Mbit/J with 0.46 μJ/bit. These findings indicate that adaptive signal shaping can reduce peaks while preserving reliability and transmitter energy efficiency.

Keywords

Channel-Aware precoding, Gaussianized companding, Peak-to-Average Power Ratio, UFMC, OTFS, Energy-Efficient communications, Multicarrier waveforms.

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