Pilot designs for consistent frequency-offset estimation in OFDM systems

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 864-877

  Li, Yinghui ^a   Minn, Hlaing ^a   Al Dhahir, Naofal ^a   Calderbank, A Robert ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bose Chaudhuri Hocquengem (BCH) code; Consistency; Cyclic difference set; Frequency offset; M sequence; Maximum likelihood (ML) estimation; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); Outlier; Pilot design; Robustness

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); FADING CHANNELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BOSE-CHAUDHURI-HOCQUENGEM (BCH) CODE; CARRIER FREQUENCY OFFSET (CFO); CYCLIC-DIFFERENCE SET; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE FADING CHANNELS; WIRELESS LINKS;

ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 34249107307     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2007.896105     Document Type: Article

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