Pilot-aided carrier frequency offset estimation for OFDM systems

Min Ho Jin, Young Min Cho, Janghoon Yang, Dong Ku Kim

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Abstract

The paper proposes novel carrier frequency offset estimation algorithm that exploits scattered pilot symbols used for channel estimation of OFDM systems. Carefully designed pilot symbols can be incorporated to form null subcarriers by trivial manipulation of the received OFDM signals so that null subcarrier based maximum likelihood CFO estimation method can be applied, whereas conventional maximum likelihood CFO estimation using pilot symbols jointly estimates CFO and channel impulse response iteratively which is impractical. Simulation results show satisfactory performance for frequency tracking stage. The paper also provides reduced order polynomial rooting method for simple and fast CFO estimation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2nd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems, ICSPCS 2008 - Proceedings
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event2nd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems, ICSPCS 2008 - Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Duration: 2008 Dec 152008 Dec 17

Publication series

Name2nd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems, ICSPCS 2008 - Proceedings

Other

Other2nd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems, ICSPCS 2008
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityGold Coast, QLD
Period08/12/1508/12/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Communication

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