On the Uplink Spectral Efficiency of the FBMC-OQAM Transceiver

The analysis of the spectral efficiency that can be achieved by using the FBMC-OQAM transceiver in the uplink of the modern wireless networks is carried out. Such efficiency is studied in a scenario where the limitations are introduced by interferences due to the multiple access scenario, rather than by the presence of hostile wireless channels. The analysis shows that the FBMC-OQAM transceiver is able to achieve significant values of spectral efficiency also in the most difficult conditions, i.e., when the subcarriers blocks to be shared according to a time multiplexing approach are much small.