Genetic minimisation of peak-to-peak level of a complex multi-tone signal

This paper presents results of evolutionary minimisation of peak-to-peak value of a?multi-tone signal. The signal is the sum of multiple tones (channels) with constant amplitudes and frequencies combined with variable phases. An exemplary application is emergency broadcasting using widely used analogue broadcasting techniques: citizens band (CB) or VHF FM commercial broadcasting. The work presented illustrates a?relatively simple problem, which, however, is characterised by large combinatorial complexity, so direct (exhaustive) search becomes completely impractical. The process of minimisation is based on genetic algorithm (GA), which proves its usability for given problem. The final result is a?significant reduction of peak-to-peak level of given multi-tone signal, demonstrated by three real-life examples