A robust ranging scheme for OFDMA-based networks

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2441-2452

  Morelli, Michele ^a,b   Sanguinetti, Luca ^a,b   Poor, H Vincent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

OFDMA; Power estimation; Ranging process; Timing and frequency synchronization

Indexed keywords

CARRIER FREQUENCY OFFSETS; CHANNEL RESPONSE; COMMUNICATION LINKS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATORS; IEEE 802.16; INITIAL RANGING; OFDMA; OFDMA SYSTEMS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; POWER ESTIMATION; POWER LEVELS; RANGING PROCESS; SUB-CARRIERS; SUBSCRIBER STATIONS; SUBSPACE DECOMPOSITION; TIMING AND FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATION; TIMING ERRORS; TIMING OFFSETS; TIMING RECOVERY; UP-LINK SIGNALS; UPLINK SYNCHRONIZATION;

BASE STATIONS; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; RANGE FINDING; SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME MEASUREMENT;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

EID: 69549116429     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2009.08.070649     Document Type: Article

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