ML integer frequency offset estimation for OFDM systems with null subcarriers: Estimation range and pilot design

Science China Information Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2567-2575

  Shu, Feng ^a,b,c   Berber, Stevan ^d   Wang, Dong Ming ^b   Zhang, Qin Chuan ^a   Wang, Mao ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Estimation range; False detection probability; Frequency selective fading; Integer carrier frequency offset; Null subcarrier; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052249742     PISSN: 1674733X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11432-010-4125-3     Document Type: Article

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