Trimming the Fat from OFDM: Pilot- and CP-less Communication with End-to-end Learning

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is one of the dominant\nwaveforms in wireless communication systems due to its efficient\nimplementation. However, it suffers from a loss of spectral efficiency as it\nrequires a cyclic prefix (CP) to mitigate inter-symbol interference (ISI) and\npilots to estimate the channel. We propose in this work to address these\ndrawbacks by learning a neural network (NN)-based receiver jointly with a\nconstellation geometry and bit labeling at the transmitter, that allows CP-less\nand pilotless communication on top of OFDM without a significant loss in bit\nerror rate (BER). Our approach enables at least 18% throughput gains compared\nto a pilot and CP-based baseline, and at least 4% gains compared to a system\nthat uses a neural receiver with pilots but no CP.\n

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