SUPPORT OF POWER AMPLIFIER-AWARE MODULATION

Methods and devices for transmission symbol modulation that accounts for distortion introduced by a power amplifier (PA). A user equipment (UE) comprises a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver is configured to transmit, to a base station (BS), UE capability information that indicates support for adjusted symbol constellations, wherein the adjusted symbol constellations are adjusted to pre-compensate for distortion effects of a power amplifier (PA) in the transceiver, and receive, from the BS, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) indication. The processor is configured to determine, based on the MCS indication, an adjusted symbol constellation, and generate modulation symbols from input bits according to the determined adjusted symbol constellation. The transceiver is further configured to transmit, to the BS, the modulation symbols.