The universal filtered multi-carrier (UFMC) technique has been proposed as a prominent waveform candidate for fifth generation (5G) communication techniques. However, UFMC systems exhibit a high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), which causes serious degradation in the performance of the system. Therefore, this paper puts forward an effective hybrid PAPR reduction method to reduce the high PAPR of the UFMC system. The proposed hybrid scheme consists of a combination of precoding and nonlinear companding techniques (NLCTs). A comparative analysis of the performance of different precoding methods, NLCTs, and hybrid methods are investigated in terms of the cumulative distribution function of the PAPR and the bit error rate (BER). The simulation results show that the proposed hybrid UFMC system has better PAPR reduction performance compared to conventional NLC and precoded UFMC systems. Moreover, the BER analysis of the UFMC system verifies that the proposed hybrid technique shows better BER performance compared to conventional companding techniques.INDEX TERMS Peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), precoding techniques, non-linear companding techniques, hybrid PAPR reduction techniques, universal filtered multi-carrier (UFMC), 5G.

Filtered orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (F-OFDM) is one of the most prominent waveform candidates when it comes to fifth-generation (5G) wireless communication and beyond. This paper analyzes the performance of the F-OFDM system in terms of the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) and bit error rate (BER). The F-OFDM system exhibits a high PAPR, which introduces earnest deterioration in its performance. Consequently, an efficient PAPR-reduction technique has been recommended to reduce the effect of the high value of PAPR of the F-OFDM system. The prospective two-piecewise companding (TPWC) scheme effectively reduces the peak power by analyzing large and small amplitudes individually, so its outcome has both piecewise linear and continuous characteristics. The performances of different PAPR reduction techniques are compared in terms of PAPR complementary cumulative distribution functions and BERs. It is shown that the proposed TPWC transform can significantly reduce PAPR with reduced computational complexity compared with conventional companding techniques.INDEX TERMS Peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), Companding techniques, Filtered-OFDM, Two-Piece-wise linear companding technique, 5G

Filtered-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (F-OFDM) is one of the most protruding multicarrier modulation (MCM) techniques for fifth-generation and beyond wireless communication. However, it possesses a high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), which results in its poor performance. Thus, a novel wavelet based MCM technique, namely filtered orthogonal wavelet division multiplexing (F-OWDM), is proposed as an efficient alternative to conventional F-OFDM (C-F-OFDM) to reduce the PAPR. In this model, the traditional Fourier transforms (FT) as used in C-F-OFDM was replaced with Wavelet Transforms. The proposed F-OWDM system does not require a cyclic prefix because of the overlapping sub-carriers in the time and frequency domains. Thus, the F-OWDM system exhibits higher bandwidth efficiency. In this paper, the performance of the F-OWDM system with various wavelets from different wavelet families under an additive white Gaussian noise and flat fading channel is investigated. The PAPR and bit error rate (BER) of the F-OWDM system using Haar, discrete Meyer, bi-orthogonal, symlet, and Daubechies wavelets are analyzed. A comparative study between F-OWDM and C-F-OFDM is also presented. From the results, it is able to prove that F-OWDM has the advantage of lower PAPR and lower bit error rate than the C-F-OFDM system.