Intercarrier interference in uplink OFDMA systems with carrier frequency offset

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is very sensitive to carrier frequency offsets (CFO). The CFO results in intercarrier interference (ICI). This drawback of OFDM is inherited to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). In this paper, we propose a new ICI model for an uplink OFDMA system that takes into account the presence of the cyclic prefix which is usually ignored. Simulations validate the accuracy of our derivation. The subcarrier allocation is revisited in the presence of CFO.