WOLA-OFDM: A Potential Candidate for Asynchronous 5G

Authors:
  • RZR. Zayani
    R. Zayani
  • YMY. Medjahdi
    Y. Medjahdi
  • HSH. Shaiek
    H. Shaiek
  • DRD. Roviras
    D. Roviras

Abstract
This paper investigates the performance, in relaxed synchronization scenario, of a new contender waveform making its appearance recently named Weighted Overlap and Add based OFDM (WOLA-OFDM). Indeed, its performance will be studied and compared to the classical CP-OFDM and the wellknown UFMC that offers particular benefits for 5G use cases. Results show that WOLA-OFDM could be a promising candidate waveform, outperforming both CP-OFDM and UFMC in any asynchronous scenario.