Optimal blind nonlinear least-squares carrier phase and frequency offset estimation for general QAM modulations

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1040-1054

  Wang, Yan ^a   Serpedin, Erchin ^a   Ciblat, Philippe ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Blind estimation; Carrier phase; Frequency offset; Quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) constellations; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYNCHRONIZATION;

BLIND ESTIMATION; CARRIER PHASE; CONSTELLATIONS; FREQUENCY OFFSET;

QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

EID: 3042717248     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2003.816775     Document Type: Article

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