Patent ID: 6985533

Claim:
A peak to average power ratio (PAPR) reducer for a multi-carrier modulation (MCM) communication system comprising: a MCM transmitter comprising: a probability distribution transformer having an input for receiving an MCM signal for transmission, the MCM signal comprising a plurality of data packets, wherein the plurality of data packets represent a plurality of amplitude values, wherein the plurality of amplitude values is characterized by a substantially Gaussian probability density function, the probability distribution transformer for transforming the plurality of amplitude values to a plurality of transformed amplitude values in accordance with a probability distribution transform, wherein the plurality of transformed amplitude values is characterized by a substantially uniform probability density function, and the probability distribution transformer having an output for providing a transformed MCM signal comprising a plurality of transformed data packets, wherein the plurality of transformed data packets represent at least some of the plurality of transformed amplitude values of the corresponding transformed MCM signal; and a MCM receiver comprising: a probability distribution inverter having an input for receiving a corresponding transformed MCM signal, the probability distribution inverter for transforming the at least some of the plurality of transformed amplitude values to a plurality of inverted amplitude values in accordance with an inverse probability distribution transform, wherein the plurality of inverted amplitude values is characterized by a substantially Gaussian probability density function, and the probability distribution inverter having an output for providing a recovered MCM signal comprising a plurality of inverted data packets, wherein the plurality of inverted data packets represent at least some of the plurality of inverted amplitude values.