A Preoptimized Peak to Average Power Ratio Pulse Shaping Filter and Its Effect on System Specifications

There are many techniques that have been developed to reduce peak to average power ratio (PAPR) in communication systems, but very few that can be implemented without any increase in the hardware complexity of a given system. This paper presents a method of PAPR that does not require any increase in hardware complexity as it achieves its effect through modification of the already existing transmit and receive pulse shaping filters. Furthermore, this paper presents the effect that this PAPR method has on the communications system as a whole by presenting the results on linear power increase and channel capacity with and without the PAPR method.