Performance Analysis of the Universal Filtered Multi-Carrier (UFMC) Waveform for 5G System

Abstract

In the 5th generation mobile communication (5G) system, it is required to provide three different types of services, including enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), massive machine-type communication (mMTC), and ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC).To meet all those demand in 5G, the waveform is crucial. Although the CP-OFDM waveform has been wildly used in 4G, it is hardly to satisfy the requirements of 5G.A lot of candidate waveforms are discussed for 5G system, including UFMC, FBMC, F-OFDM etc. In this paper, the UFMC waveform is discussed, the different filters and different frequency width of the subband in UFMC system are studied and appropriate parameters for the system are recommended.