Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: While Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has confirmed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) as the baseline waveform for sixth-generation (6G), its performance is severely compromised in the high-mobility scenarios envisioned for 6G. Building upon the GEARBOX-PHY vision, we present gear-switching OFDM (GS-OFDM): a unified framework in which the base station (BS) adaptively selects among three gears, ranging from legacy OFDM to delay-Doppler domain processing based on the channel mobility conditions experienced by the user equipments (UEs). We illustrate the benefit of adaptive gear switching for communication throughput and, finally, we conclude with an outlook on research challenges and opportunities.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Institutions: University of Pavia, Chalmers University of Technology
Topic: PAPR reduction in OFDM
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Vetenskapsrådet
OpenAlex ID: W7147403176
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