A blind synchronizer for OFDM systems based on SINR maximization in multipath fading channels

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 625-635

  Chin, Wen Long ^a   Chen, Sau Gee ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blind synchronization; Blind Synchronization; Early late Gate; Early late gate (ELG); OFDM; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); Signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) maximization; SINR Maximization

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FADING (RADIO); FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; INTERSYMBOL INTERFERENCE; MULTIPATH FADING; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; MULTIPLEXING; MULTIUSER DETECTION; OPTIMIZATION; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BLIND SYNCHRONIZATION; EARLY-LATE GATE; EARLY-LATE GATE (ELG); OFDM; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OFDM); SIGNAL-TO-INTERFERENCE-AND-NOISE-RATIO (SINR) MAXIMIZATION; SINR MAXIMIZATION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 61449237307     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2008.925320     Document Type: Article

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