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Table 1 Parameters of the polar-coded OFDM System

From: Application research of polar coded OFDM underwater acoustic communications

Parameters

Description

Value

\(f_{c}\)

Carrier frequency

12 kHz

\(B\)

Bandwidth

8 kHz

\(f_{s}\)

Sampling frequency

48 kHz

\(A\)

Number of subcarriers

341

\(\Delta f\)

Subcarrier bandwidth

23.4375 Hz

\(\Delta S_{p}\)

Pilot Spacing

4

\(T\)

Symbol duration

42.7 ms

\(T_{cp}\)

Cyclic prefix

10.7 ms

\(T_{g}\)

Guard interval

300 ms

\(N_{bl}\)

Blocks in each transmission

20

\(N\)

Polar code length

256

\(R\)

Polar code rate

1/2,3/4

\(R_{D}\)

Data rate

3.2 kb/s, 4.8 kb/s