Blind synchronization for OFDM systems in multipath channels

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1340-1348

  Fusco, Tilde ^a   Tanda, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carrier frequency offset (CFO) and symbol timing estimation; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL ESTIMATION; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; IMPULSE RESPONSE; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; MULTIPLEXING; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

BLIND SYNCHRONIZATIONS; CARRIER FREQUENCY-OFFSET (CFO) AND SYMBOL TIMING ESTIMATION; CHANNEL IMPULSE RESPONSE; CLOSED FORMS; FEEDFORWARD; LEAST-SQUARES; LOCK-IN; MULTI-PATH CHANNELS; OFDM SYSTEMS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OFDM) SYSTEMS; SYMBOL TIMINGS; VIRTUAL SUBCARRIERS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

EID: 62949158691     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2008.071271     Document Type: Article

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