Joint sampling clock offset and channel estimation for OFDM signals: Cramér-Rao bound and algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1875-1885

  Gault, Sophie ^a   Hachem, Walid ^a   Ciblat, Philippe ^b  

^a SUPELEC   (France)

^b TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Channel estimation; Cram r Rao bound (CRB); Orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM); Power line transmission (PLT); Sampling clock offset estimation; Very high speed digital subscriber line (VDSL)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SAMPLING;

CHANNEL ESTIMATION; JOINT SAMPLING CLOCK OFFSET; POWER LINE TRANSMISSION (PLT); VERY HIGH SPEED DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (VDSL);

ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 33646062536     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2006.871975     Document Type: Article

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