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Rainfield Y. Yen1 and Hong-Yu Liu This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.2

1Department of Electrical Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan 251, R.O.C.
2Department of Computer and Communication Engineering, Dahan Institute of Technology, Hualien, Taiwan 971, R.O.C.


 

Received: July 13, 2009
Accepted: July 6, 2010
Publication Date: June 1, 2011

Download Citation: ||https://doi.org/10.6180/jase.2011.14.2.06  


ABSTRACT


Applying the least squares technique, we perform frequency synchronization and channel estimation by using repeated identical blocks of training data for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems in frequency-selective channels. Analyses on the performances of our estimations are given. Then, the symbol error rate (SER) performance for QAM transmission in Rayleigh fading channels under imperfect estimations is investigated and compared with a closed-form expression for the ideal SER with perfect estimations. Simulation results are found in good agreements with theoretical predictions and prove that our algorithm provides good estimators.


Keywords: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), Carrier Frequency Offset (CFO), Least-Squares Estimation, Doppler Spread, Channel Estimation, Synchronization


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