A frequency offset estimation technique based on frequency error characterization for OFDM communications on multipath fading channels

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1209-1222

  Lin, Jia Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cram r Rao Lower Bound (CRLB); Differential operation; Doppler spread; Error characteristics; Frequency offset; Frequency selective fading; matched filters (MF); Maximum likelihood (ML); Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION; CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FADING CHANNELS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MULTIPATH FADING;

DOPPLER SPREAD; FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATION; MATCHED FILTERS;

ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 34249656793     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.895501     Document Type: Article

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