A Complexity-Reduced Active Interference Cancellation Algorithm in f-OFDM

CHEN Hao; WEN Jiangang; ZOU Yuanping; HUA Jingyu; SHENG Bin

doi:10.11999/JEIT251172

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CHEN Hao, WEN Jiangang, ZOU Yuanping, HUA Jingyu, SHENG Bin. A Complexity-Reduced Active Interference Cancellation Algorithm in f-OFDM[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology. doi: 10.11999/JEIT251172

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CHEN Hao, WEN Jiangang, ZOU Yuanping, HUA Jingyu, SHENG Bin. A Complexity-Reduced Active Interference Cancellation Algorithm in f-OFDM[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology. doi: 10.11999/JEIT251172

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A Complexity-Reduced Active Interference Cancellation Algorithm in f-OFDM

doi: 10.11999/JEIT251172 cstr: 32379.14.JEIT251172

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Special Equipment Institute, Hangzhou Polytechnic University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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School of Information and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (62271445)

Accepted Date: 2026-01-27
Rev Recd Date: 2026-01-27

Available Online: 2026-02-12

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Objective Due to spectrum scarcity and diverse communication needs, there is an urgent need for a waveform technology with high spectral efficiency, flexible subband configuration, and support for asynchronous communication in the Sixth Generation mobile communication (6G). Among the candidate waveforms, filtered Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (f-OFDM) has emerged as a promising solution that satisfies all these requirements. By applying subband filtering, capabilities such as flexible subband configuration as well as asynchronous transmission are achieved by f-OFDM. Nevertheless, this filtering mechanism inevitably introduces a certain level of intrinsic interference into the system. Notably, a dominant component of such interference is the Inter-subband Interference (ITBI), which primarily caused by the Out-Of-Band Emission (OOBE) leaking from adjacent subbands. Therefore, subband OOBE suppression plays a crucial role in reducing ITBI and enhancing the performance of f-OFDM systems. Based on the system structure of f-OFDM, the study proposes a Complexity-Reduced Active Interference Cancellation (CRAIC) algorithm in f-OFDM, so as to suppress the OOBE of f-OFDM subbands, and then enhance the system performance. Methods First, base on the spectral structure of f-OFDM, the paper exploits a subset of data subcarriers within the target subband to generate Cancellation Carriers (CCs). Then, the CRAIC optimization model for f-OFDM systems is constructed under the constraint of CCs power, and the cost function is defined addressing the superposed spectrum of both data subcarriers and CCs at Desired Frequency Points (DFPs). Second, by introducing the real-complex domain transformation and the reformulation of optimization model, the above complex-domain CRAIC programming problem is transformed into a real-domain Second-Order Cone Programming (SOCP) problem, enabling an efficient solution. Furthermore, through computer simulations, the impact of key parameters on CRAIC performance has been evaluated, including the number of cancellation carriers ($ M $), the number of data subcarriers involved in CCs generation ($ K $), and the number of DFPs ($ Q $). Then practical recommendations are provided for the rational configuration of CRAIC parameters in f-OFDM systems. Results and Discussions The simulation results demonstrate that in the edge region of the adjacent subband, the proposed CRAIC algorithm exhibits the steepest PSD roll-off rate compared to the conventional ZP and Origin schemes. This indicates that CRAIC possesses the strongest ITBI suppression capability in such region, consequently achieving the lowest Edge Subcarriers (ESs) Bit Error Rate (BER) of the adjacent subband. Specifically, CRAIC achieves a maximum PSD reduction of 4 dB and 12 dB relative to ZP and Origin (Fig. 2a). This is attributed to the fact that the right Q/2 DFPs largely fall within the edge region of SB₂, leading to effective suppression of the spectrum in this area. Consequently, in terms of the BER at the edge of SB₂, RCAIC achieves a significantly lower BER compared to Origin. A visible performance improvement is also observed relative to ZP (Fig. 3a). Furthermore, the impact of key parameters, i.e. $ M $, $ K $ and $ Q $ is evaluated through computer simulations. The results indicate that while increasing $ M $ continuously improves the OOBE suppression capability (Fig. 4a), it concurrently leads to a gradual degradation in spectral efficiency. In contrast to $ M $, increasing $ K $ and $ Q $ exhibits a marginal effect on enhancing the performance of CRAIC, continual increments beyond a certain point do not yield sustained performance improvements (Fig. 5a and Fig. 6a). Based on these analyses, we consider $ M=4 $, $ K=8 $, $ Q=4 $ to be a typical parameter configuration in the scenario of the paper. Under this typical setting, CRAIC (with $ K=8 $) achieves significant performance gains in ESs BER compared to Origin and ZP (Fig. 8a), while maintaining nearly the same Internal Subcarriers (ISs) BER performance as the two benchmark schemes (Fig.8b). Even when compared to the full-scale CRAIC ($ K=20 $), CRAIC ($ K=8 $) achieves a remarkable 60% reduction in the size of the data subcarrier mapping matrix, while incurring merely limited degradation in BER performance (Fig. 8a). This result convincingly demonstrates that the proposed algorithm effectively preserves the performance of the full-scale AIC while substantially lowering its computational complexity. Conclusions An algorithm named CRAIC for filtered OFDM systems is investigated in the paper. The proposed CRAIC optimization model is constructed under the constraint of CCs power, in which the cost function is defined addressing the superposed spectrum of a subset of data subcarriers as well as CCs at DFPs. Through designed real-imaginary domain conversion and model reformulation, the complex-domain optimization problem is then converted into a real-domain SOCP problem. Simulation results demonstrate that the CRAIC algorithm significantly reduces the PSD of the target subband, particularly in the transition region of the adjacent subband, leading to notable improvements in edge BER. Furthermore, the influence of key parameters is evaluated. The results indicate that increasing $ M $ enlarges the performance gain of CRAIC over ZP, though at the expense of reduced spectral efficiency. While a larger $ K $ improves the OOBE suppression capability, with diminishing marginal returns and increased computational complexity. Moreover, simply increasing $ Q $ does not yield continuous PSD reduction. In summary, the application of CRAIC in f-OFDM systems enhances isolation between subbands and reduces ITBI, then improves the system performance.
- f-OFDM,
- subband filtering,
- Active Interference Cancellation,
- OOBE suppression

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