Abstract:
An OFDM encoding apparatus for encoding OFDM symbols into an OFDM signal includes: a pre-distortion unit that pre-distorts OFDM symbols into pre-distorted OFDM symbols, the OFDM symbols including payload data and each being carried on multiple OFDM subcarriers; an OFDM generator that generates an OFDM signal from the pre-distorted OFDM symbols by OFDM modulating the pre-distorted OFDM symbols; and a filter that filters the OFDM signal to obtain a filtered OFDM signal, the filter being configured to attenuate the spectrum of the OFDM signal in frequency bands outside the signal bandwidth of the OFDM signal by applying a filter transfer function to the OFDM signal. The pre-distortion unit is configured to apply a pre-distortion transfer function equal to the inverse of the filter transfer function to the OFDM symbols.