Linear and non-linear transceiver processing for MEVIO-FBMC systems

Filter Bank Multicarrier (FBMC) systems has drawn interest as an alternative to orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), as FBMC offers higher spectral efficiency and less susceptibility to synchronization errors. One drawback in FBMC systems is the presence of inter-carrier-interference (ICI) and inter-symbol-interference (ISI), which degrades the system performance when operating under fading channels. In this work we consider the bit error rate (BER) performance of a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) FBMC system. We evaluate the performance of linear and non-linear transceiver processing techniques, which attempt to mitigate the effect of ICI and ISI in MIMO FBMC systems. Simulation results are presented to evaluate and compare the transceiver processing techniques discussed.