Iterative channel estimation and LDPC decoding with encoded pilots

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 273-285

  Oh, Mi Kyung ^a   Kwon, Hyuck M ^b   Park, Dong Jo ^c   Lee, Yong Hoon ^c  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Wichita State University   (United States)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Channel estimation; Encoded pilot (EP); Iterative receiver; Low density parity check (LDPC); Orthogonal frequencydivision multiplexing (OFDM)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECODING; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ITERATIVE METHODS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ENCODED PILOT; ITERATIVE RECEIVER; LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK CODE;

CHANNEL ESTIMATION;

EID: 39549092889     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.901953     Document Type: Article

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