Neural Network-Assisted DPD of Wideband PA Nonlinearity for Sub-Nyquist Sampling Systems
The design of conventional digital predistortion (DPD) requires an analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) with a sampling frequency that is multiple times the signal bandwidth, which is extremely challenging for sub-Nyquist sampling systems with undersampled signals. To address this, this paper propose...
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| description | The design of conventional digital predistortion (DPD) requires an analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) with a sampling frequency that is multiple times the signal bandwidth, which is extremely challenging for sub-Nyquist sampling systems with undersampled signals. To address this, this paper proposes a neural network (NN)-assisted wideband power amplifier (PA) DPD method for sub-Nyquist sampling systems, wherein a dual-stage architecture is designed to handle the ambiguity caused by subsampled communications signals. In the first stage, the time-delayed polynomial reconstruction method is employed to estimate the wideband DPD nonlinearity coarsely with the undersampled signals with limited pilots. In the second stage, an NN-based DPD method is proposed for the virtual training of the DPD, which learns the up-sampled DPD behavior by taking advantage of the pre-estimated DPD model and the input data signals, which reduces the length of the training sequence significantly and refines the DPD behavior efficiently. Simulation results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed method in tackling the wideband PA nonlinearity and its ability to outperform the conventional method in terms of power spectrum, error vector magnitude, and bit error rate. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c3b9a8d81380469999acfed0aec246212025-08-20T02:44:32ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-02-01254110610.3390/s25041106Neural Network-Assisted DPD of Wideband PA Nonlinearity for Sub-Nyquist Sampling SystemsMengqiu Liu0Xining Yang1Jian Gao2Sen Cao3Guisheng Liao4Gaopan Hou5Dawei Gao6Hangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Hangzhou 311200, China29th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Chengdu 610036, China29th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Chengdu 610036, China29th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Chengdu 610036, ChinaHangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Hangzhou 311200, ChinaHangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Hangzhou 311200, ChinaHangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Hangzhou 311200, ChinaThe design of conventional digital predistortion (DPD) requires an analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) with a sampling frequency that is multiple times the signal bandwidth, which is extremely challenging for sub-Nyquist sampling systems with undersampled signals. To address this, this paper proposes a neural network (NN)-assisted wideband power amplifier (PA) DPD method for sub-Nyquist sampling systems, wherein a dual-stage architecture is designed to handle the ambiguity caused by subsampled communications signals. In the first stage, the time-delayed polynomial reconstruction method is employed to estimate the wideband DPD nonlinearity coarsely with the undersampled signals with limited pilots. In the second stage, an NN-based DPD method is proposed for the virtual training of the DPD, which learns the up-sampled DPD behavior by taking advantage of the pre-estimated DPD model and the input data signals, which reduces the length of the training sequence significantly and refines the DPD behavior efficiently. Simulation results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed method in tackling the wideband PA nonlinearity and its ability to outperform the conventional method in terms of power spectrum, error vector magnitude, and bit error rate.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/4/1106digital predistortion (DPD)undersamplingmemory polynomialattention mechanism model |
| spellingShingle | Mengqiu Liu Xining Yang Jian Gao Sen Cao Guisheng Liao Gaopan Hou Dawei Gao Neural Network-Assisted DPD of Wideband PA Nonlinearity for Sub-Nyquist Sampling Systems Sensors digital predistortion (DPD) undersampling memory polynomial attention mechanism model |
| title | Neural Network-Assisted DPD of Wideband PA Nonlinearity for Sub-Nyquist Sampling Systems |
| title_full | Neural Network-Assisted DPD of Wideband PA Nonlinearity for Sub-Nyquist Sampling Systems |
| title_fullStr | Neural Network-Assisted DPD of Wideband PA Nonlinearity for Sub-Nyquist Sampling Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neural Network-Assisted DPD of Wideband PA Nonlinearity for Sub-Nyquist Sampling Systems |
| title_short | Neural Network-Assisted DPD of Wideband PA Nonlinearity for Sub-Nyquist Sampling Systems |
| title_sort | neural network assisted dpd of wideband pa nonlinearity for sub nyquist sampling systems |
| topic | digital predistortion (DPD) undersampling memory polynomial attention mechanism model |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/4/1106 |
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