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ICI and MUI at uplink cause significant degradation in the performance of the receiver, therefore, to improve the receiver performance up to acceptable level, compensation of the CFO becomes necessary. In this research, Suppression of MUI by Minimum Mean Squared Error (MMSE) Feedback Equalizer in frequency domain which was originally proposed for Single Carrier- Frequency Domain Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) has been studied for Uplink of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). However, calculation of MUI power required in this algorithm for all users impose very high computational burden on the receiver. In the proposed Low Complexity MUI Suppression by MMSE Equalization for Uplink of OFDMA approximation to the calculation of MUI power is applied to reduce its complexity. 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In this research, Suppression of MUI by Minimum Mean Squared Error (MMSE) Feedback Equalizer in frequency domain which was originally proposed for Single Carrier- Frequency Domain Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) has been studied for Uplink of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). However, calculation of MUI power required in this algorithm for all users impose very high computational burden on the receiver. In the proposed Low Complexity MUI Suppression by MMSE Equalization for Uplink of OFDMA approximation to the calculation of MUI power is applied to reduce its complexity. 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