Alcatel

Gerd Wölfle

Rüdiger Bauernschmitt

An improved method of predistorting a transmit signal is disclosed whereby the distortions occurring in all nonlinear subassemblies are compensated for using a particularly suited feedback signal. Also disclosed are a transmitter, a transmitting station, and a communications system using the method. The transmit signal, before being converted to the desired radio frequency, is digitally predistorted at baseband by digital signal processing means which are controlled by the feedback signal. This signal is generated by a detector measuring the spectral power of the transmit signal at the desired radio frequency both within a first frequency range, which lies within the transmission spectrum, and within a second frequency range, which lies outside the transmission spectrum. The digital predistortion disclosed is flexibly parameterized and is adapted by the feedback control to the current behavior of the transmitter subassemblies.

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Gärtringen, Germany

Gerd Wölfle