Blind symbol synchronization based on cyclic prefix for OFDM systems

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1746-1751

  Ma, Shaodan ^a   Pan, Xinyue ^a   Yang, Guang Hua ^a   Ng, Tung Sang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

OFDM; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); Symbol synchronization

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CONDITIONS; CHANNEL LENGTH; CHANNEL POWER; CYCLIC PREFIX; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE FADING CHANNELS; OFDM; OFDM SYSTEMS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OFDM); SEARCHING ALGORITHMS; SIMULATION RESULT; SYMBOL SYNCHRONIZATION; TIMING FUNCTION; TIMING OFFSETS;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FADING (RADIO); FADING CHANNELS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; MULTIPLEXING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TERMINOLOGY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 66149099731     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2008.2004031     Document Type: Article

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