Robust timing and frequency synchronization for OFDM systems

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3646-3656

  Abdzadeh Ziabari, Hamed ^a   Shayesteh, Mahrokh G ^a,b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Frequency offset; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); synchronization; timing offset; training symbol

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL DISTORTIONS; ESTIMATION RANGE; FRACTIONAL FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY OFFSETS; FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATION; OFDM SIGNAL; OFDM SYSTEMS; PREAMBLE STRUCTURE; ROBUST TIMING; SYNCHRONIZATION PROCESS; TIME DOMAIN; TIMING ESTIMATION; TIMING OFFSETS; TRAINING SYMBOL;

ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; MULTIPLEXING; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 80054798602     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2011.2163194     Document Type: Article

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