Estimation and compensation of I/Q imbalance in OFDM direct-conversion receivers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 438-453

  Sung, Kuang Yu ^a   Chao, Chi Chao ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Direct conversion; I Q imbalance; Least square estimation (LSE); Maximum likelihood estimation (MLE); Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)

Indexed keywords

DIRECT-CONVERSION; I/Q IMBALANCE; LEAST-SQUARE ESTIMATION (LSE); MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION (MLE); ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OFDM);

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MULTIPLEXING; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME MEASUREMENT;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

EID: 66949171040     PISSN: 19324553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTSP.2009.2020241     Document Type: Article

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