Pilot-Identifiable Single-Parameter Compensation for Power-Amplifier Nonlinearity in IEEE 802.11ax Receivers
This paper proposes a statistically robust, single-parameter receiver for IEEE 802.11ax that reliably estimates power-amplifier saturation from limited pilot subcarriers to compensate nonlinearity, achieving significant spectral-efficiency gains across various modulation schemes and channel models while safely avoiding unnecessary correction in linear hardware conditions.