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In the systematic approach for generating the GI, redundant sub-carriers 410 are inserted at the IFFT 425 input, where a number of such subcarriers (e.g., Nr) is dependent on data (d) length (e.g., Nd) and number of redundant carriers 410 (Nr). As discussed herein, mapping the redundancy subcarriers into the IFFT 425 input may have an impact on power requirements for transmission of the OFDM symbol 430. For example, selection of unoptimized locations or mapping may yield a relatively high energy at the IFFT 425 output, requiring relatively high power requirements that may not be sustainable by the transmitting device. In accordance with various aspects discussed herein, the permutation (P) matrix 415 may be provided to manage the possible energy increase at the IFFT 425 output. The IFFT 425 output may be represented by (assuming no head GI and thus no Ns):