Coarse frame and carrier synchronization of OFDM systems: A new metric and comparison

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1271-1284

  Shi, Kai ^a   Serpedin, Erchin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood (ML) estimation; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); Synchronization; Training symbol

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CARRIER ACQUISITION SCHEME; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE CHANNELS; SYNCHRONIZATION ALGORITHMS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 3142725820     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2004.828282     Document Type: Article

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