Blind OFDM channel estimation through simple linear precoding

  • Authors:
  • A. Petropulu;Ruifeng Zhang;R. Lin

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

A novel approach of blind channel estimation for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems is proposed. A linear transformation is applied on each block before it enters the OFDM system. The transform imposes a correlation structure on the transmitted blocks, which is exploited at the receiver to recover the channel via simple cross-correlation operations. The proposed approach is computationally simple and converges fast, which makes it a good candidate for estimation of fast-varying channels. Its performance is tested analytically, through a mean-square error analysis, and also via simulations. Results show that it compares favorably to the training-based scheme used in the IEEE 802.11a wireless standard.