Zeph80 wrote:
> Maybe I'm not framing my question right.Everywhere I read, they mention how
> the head of the symbol(first n samples) is affected due to previous symbols
> and so how discarding the CP solves that.(the distortion occurs only in
> head).What about the tail of the OFDM symbol,wont that be affected by the
> future symbols as much as the head would be by prevoius symbols.Why no
> guard interval at the end too?

"The evil that men do lives on after them ..." What has not yet happened
can do no harm. I.e., causality.

Jerry
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