Zero tail and unique word based waveforms for DFT-S OFDM and OFDM

1. A method implemented in a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

generating, by at least one processor, a data signal, including mapping, in a frequency domain, a plurality of data symbols and a plurality of zeros to a plurality of allocated subcarriers in an interleaved manner such that the plurality of zeros are mapped to empty subcarriers of the plurality of allocated subcarriers interleaved among data subcarriers of the plurality of allocated subcarriers;

converting, by the at least one processor, the data signal to a time-domain;

selecting, by the at least one processor, a plurality of tail time-domain samples from a tail portion of the converted data signal;

generating, by the at least one processor, a cancellation signal from the selected plurality of tail time-domain samples;

generating, by the at least one processor, an exact zero tail data signal in the time domain by combining the cancellation signal with the converted data signal such that the tail portion of the data signal is canceled; and

transmitting, by a transmitter, the exact zero tail data signal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein generating the cancellation signal includes inverting a sign of the selected plurality of tail time-domain samples and repeating a sequence of the inverted plurality of tail time-domain samples.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein generating the cancellation signal includes inverting a vector comprising the selected plurality of tail time-domain samples, and repeating the inverted vector a plurality of times to generate a string of the inverted vectors such that the cancellation signal comprises the string of the inverted vectors.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein generating the cancellation signal includes sign inverting the selected plurality of tail time-domain samples, converting the sign inverted plurality of tail time-domain samples into a plurality of frequency-domain symbols, and mapping the plurality of frequency-domain symbols in an interleaved manner to the plurality of allocated subcarriers.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of frequency-domain symbols are uniformly interleaved over the plurality of allocated subcarriers.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein generating the exact zero tail data signal includes shifting at least one exact zero time-domain sample from a tail portion of the exact zero tail data signal to a head portion of the exact zero tail data signal.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the exact zero tail data signal comprises a plurality of data blocks each having a zero-tail portion, and the method further comprises:

inserting in the time-domain, by the at least one processor, a unique word at each zero-tail portion of the exact zero tail data signal.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

inserting, by the at least one processor, guard bands into the exact zero tail data signal.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the exact zero tail data signal is an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signal.

10. A method for transmitting an exact zero tail data signal in wireless communications, the method comprising:

receiving, by at least one processor, modulated data symbols and zeros in a frequency-domain;

mapping in the frequency-domain, by at least one processor, the modulated data symbols and zeros in an interleaved manner to sub-carriers within a resource allocation;

generating, by the at least one processor, a time-domain data signal based on the mapped sub-carriers;

generating, by the at least one processor, a time domain cancellation signal by sign inverting and repeating a predetermined number of time-domain samples at a tail portion of the data signal;

combining, by the at least one processor, the time-domain data signal and the time domain cancellation signal to generate an exact zero tail data signal, wherein the exact zero tail data signal has a zero tail length equal to the predetermined number of time-domain samples; and

transmitting, by a transmitter, the exact zero tail data signal.

11. A wireless communication device configured to transmit an exact zero tail data signal in wireless communications, the wireless communication device comprising:

at least one processor configured to generate a data signal by mapping, in a frequency domain, a plurality of data symbols and a plurality of zeros to a plurality of allocated subcarriers in an interleaved manner such that the plurality of zeros are mapped to empty subcarriers of the plurality of allocated subcarriers interleaved among data subcarriers of the plurality of allocated subcarriers;

the at least one processor is further configured to convert the data signal to a time-domain and select a plurality of tail time-domain samples from a tail portion of the converted data signal;

the at least one processor is further configured to generate a cancellation signal from the selected plurality of tail time-domain samples;

the at least one processor is further configured to generate the exact zero tail data signal in the time domain by combining the cancellation signal with the converted data signal such that the tail portion of the data signal is canceled; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the exact zero tail data signal.

12. The wireless communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate the cancellation signal by inverting a sign of the selected plurality of tail time-domain samples and repeating a sequence of the inverted plurality of tail time-domain samples.

13. The wireless communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate the cancellation signal by inverting a vector comprising the selected plurality of tail time-domain samples, and repeating the inverted vector a plurality of times to generate a string of the inverted vectors such that the cancellation signal comprises the string of the inverted vectors.

14. The wireless communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate the cancellation signal by sign inverting the selected plurality of tail time-domain samples, converting the sign inverted plurality of tail time-domain samples into a plurality of frequency-domain symbols, and mapping the plurality of frequency-domain symbols in an interleaved manner to the plurality of allocated subcarriers.

15. The wireless communication device according to claim 14 , wherein the plurality of frequency-domain symbols are uniformly interleaved over the plurality of allocated subcarriers.

16. The wireless communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate the exact zero tail data signal by shifting at least one exact zero time-domain sample from a tail portion of the exact zero tail data signal to a head portion of the exact zero tail data signal.

17. The wireless communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the exact zero tail data signal comprises a plurality of data blocks each having a zero-tail portion, and the at least one processor is configured to insert, in the time-domain a unique word at each zero-tail portion of the exact zero tail data signal.

18. The wireless communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to insert guard bands into the exact zero tail data signal.

19. The wireless communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

sign invert the selected plurality of tail time-domain samples;

convert the inverted plurality of tail time-domain samples into an inverted plurality of tail frequency-domain symbols with an Nzt size discrete Fourier transform (DFT);

map the inverted plurality of tail frequency-domain symbols to the plurality of allocated subcarriers in an interleaved manner such that another plurality of zeros are inserted on

M

N

zt

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1

consecutive sub-carriers of the plurality of allocated subcarriers between each output of the Nzt size DFT, wherein M is a number of the plurality of allocated subcarriers, Nzt is a number of the selected plurality of tail time-domain samples, and

M

N

zt

is an integer; and

generate the cancellation signal by converting the mapped inverted plurality of tail frequency-domain symbols into the time-domain such that the cancellation signal is a replica of the inverted plurality of tail time-domain samples, repeated

M

N

zt

times.

20. The wireless communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the exact zero tail data signal is an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signal.