Bandwidth efficient channel estimation using super-imposed pilots in OFDM systems

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2234-2245

  Josiam, Kaushik ^a,b   Rajan, Dinesh ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

Iterative methods; Maximum likelihood estimation; Multipath channels; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); Wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

BANDWIDTH EFFICIENT CHANNEL ESTIMATION; CHANNEL ESTIMATION ALGORITHMS; OFDM SYSTEMS; PILOT SYMBOLS;

CHANNEL ESTIMATION;

EID: 34547787122     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2007.05787     Document Type: Article

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