使用PRONY方法的OFDM频偏估计

对OFDM频偏的盲估计算法进行了研究,采用PRONY方法,利用对OFDM码元的过取样来构成估计所需的空间。着重对多径环境下的性能进行了仿真,证明该方法在多普勒频移下有较好的性能,并进一步分析了估计性能与过采样倍数的关系。     

OFDM-WLAN系统互相关超分辨TOA估计

在正交频分复用无线局域网系统的室内场景下,针对单快拍多重信号分类的超分辨到达时间估计由于多径数估计不准确导致的到达时间估计误差偏大的问题,提出了一种未知多径数的互相关超分辨到达时间估计算法。该算法根据正交频分复用无线局域网系统的物理层协议数据单元的特点,考虑到前导码中相邻两个长正交频分复用符号的信道不变性和噪声的不相关性,首先利用两个长正交频分复用符号估计两组信道频域响应,然后,采用前后向频域平滑的方法,求两组信道频域响应的互相关矩阵,进而用所求互相关矩阵逆的高次幂近似噪声特征矩阵的乘积,最后构造伪谱函数并进行谱峰搜索,从而实现到达时间的估计。仿真结果表明,该算法估计精度高,且对噪声不敏感,具有较好的鲁棒性。     

基于时域过采样的OFDM频偏校正体制

本文提出了一种新的适用于OFDM调制体制的频偏估计算法,这种算法建立在时域信号两倍过采样的基础上.它对过采样后产生的奇、偶序列做FFT变换,利用奇、偶序列所产生频域序列在不同子载波处的相关性,首先估计出整数频偏(是指最接近归一化频偏的整数部分),进行校正,然后通过跟踪环路完成小数频偏跟踪(是指归一化频偏的绝对值小于0.5的部分).这种算法不依赖于信道,所以同样适用于频率选择性衰落信道,仿真证明,所提出的算法在衰落信道情况下,仍能纠正较大的频偏.     

WRAN系统中基于自适应内插的信道估计算法

提出了一种基于自适应复系数内插的信道估计算法,改善了无线区域网络（WRAN）系统对抗动态多径时延的能力。WRAN是第一个采用认知无线电技术改善频谱效率的宽带接入标准,系统在下行链路中采用了正交频分复用（OFDM）调制技术,而信道估计技术对于采用相干解调的OFDM系统十分重要。传统的OFDM信道频域响应（CFR）估计算法通常采用实系数频域内插的方式,在对抗WRAN系统长多径时延信道时,不能有效地工作。该文在研究实系数FIR内插变换域响应的基础上,提出了一种复系数内插算法。为了同时适用于短时延信道,提出了一种低复杂度、自适应匹配信道最大多径时延的算法。通过仿真,验证了该算法能够对抗更大的多径时延,提高信道估计的精度,改善系统误码性能。      

Modeling and Estimation of Wireless OFDM Channels by Using Time-Frequency Analysis

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) has become a very popular method for high data rate wireless communications because of its advantages over single carrier modulation schemes on multipath, frequency selective fading channels. However, intercarrier interference, due to Doppler frequency shifts, and multipath fading severely degrade the performance of OFDM systems. Estimation of channel parameters is required at the receiver. In this paper, we present a channel modeling and estimation method based on the time-frequency representation of the received signal. The discrete evolutionary transform provides a time-frequency procedure to obtain a complete characterization of the multipath, fading, and frequency selective channels. Simulations are used to illustrate the performance of the proposed procedure and to compare it with other time-varying channel estimation techniques.     

Channel Estimation for Pilot-Aided OFDM Systems in Single Frequency Network

In single frequency network (SFN), there exist some special long delay spread channels as well as conventional multipath channels. For pilot-aided orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) systems, channel estimation is usually accomplished by interpolation with pilots. However, few pilot sub-carriers exist within the coherent bandwidth of the long delay spread channels in SFN. In this case, conventional frequency domain interpolation methods cannot work properly. In a narrowband channel, this paper indicates that both the real and the imaginary parts of channel frequency response can be accurately approximated as a sine-wave with DC offset. For many practical pilot-aided OFDM systems, the bandwidth of the narrowband channel mentioned before is comparable with the interval between several adjacent pilot sub-carriers. Then this paper proposes a sine-wave based frequency domain interpolation method for the channel estimation of pilot-aided OFDM systems in SFN. As simulation results show, the proposed method performs well in the long delay spread channel, whereas the mismatched Wiener interpolation filter (WIF) estimates channel response inaccurately. Moreover, the proposed method gives accurate channel estimation in conventional multipath channels, especially for the systems which adopt high order modulations.     

单载波频域均衡在地空高速数据链的应用

地空数据链的信道属于低仰角的多径信道,存在较严重的符号间干扰。正交频分复用(OFDM)是得到认可的有效抗多径方案,单载波频域均衡(SC-FDE)采用与OFDM相似的频域均衡方式,具有与OFDM相近的性能和复杂度,并克服了OFDM的一些不足。在比较SC-FDE和OFDM相似性、分析SC-FDE的信道估计与均衡基础上,提出了采用SC-FDE的地空高速数据链解调器结构,该结构在保留单载波处理的优点条件下实现高效的频域均衡。     

一种改进的快变信道展开模型

 在高速移动正交频分复用系统（OFDM）中,信道的快速变化引起载波间干扰,降低系统性能,且使信道的准确估计变得更为困难. 由于在接收端待估计的信道参数多于接收信号样点数,信道估计方程无确定解. 为了解决这一问题,通常将快变信道展开为基函数叠加的近似表达形式,信道估计问题变成对展开系数的估计,待估计的参数大大减少. 本文分析并比较了常用的基展开模型的特点,指出了它们的不足,并在此基础上提出一种改进的快变信道展开模型,该模型的核心思想是在过采样基础上通过基线补偿减小吉布斯效应的影响,从而减小展开误差. 该模型性能与信道的统计性质无关,且在展开基的变化赶不上实际信道变化速度时,展开误差不会明显增大,优于CE-BEM, GCE-BEM, KL-MEM等模型,可用于高速移动OFDM系统的快变信道估计.     

Performance Analysis of Multiband OFDM System Over Ultra Wide Band Channels Using Kalman Filter

In this paper a modified version of Saleh-Valenzuela (S-V) channel model has been proposed for Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system and the performance has been estimated. In the proposed model, Poisson process has been modified for ray arrival rate and found that the proposed model is optimum for modeling ray arrival rate as compared to S-V model. Also Nakagami fading distribution has been considered in UWB channel model which suits for time varying multipath radio environment. The performance of the proposed channel model has been statistically analyzed over multiband OFDM by considering frequency domain channel estimation technique. The estimated coefficients have been tracked using Kalman filter technique and found that it gives more accurate prediction of channel coefficients as compared with Least Squares and Minimum Mean Square Estimation channel estimation techniques.     

基于数据样本方差的正交频分复用水声通信多普勒频移估计方法

针对正交频分复用(OFDM)水声移动通信易受时变多普勒频移影响的缺点,该文提出一种基于数据样本方差的多普勒频移估计方法。利用前序符号的信道估计值恢复当前符号的有效数据序列及其频域分集副本,计算分集副本与数据序列的比值并搜索该比值序列在不同多普勒补偿因子下的方差,选取方差最小时对应的补偿因子作为多普勒频移估计值,利用稀疏贝叶斯学习和判决反馈信道估计算法获得修正后的信道频域响应并传递给后序符号,实现对多普勒频移的实时跟踪。数值仿真验证了该方法的可行性和优越性,海上试验证明,该方法实现了基于无人水下航行器的OFDM水声移动通信,能够对时变多普勒频移进行有效估计。     

Bandwidth efficient transceiver design for differentially encoded OFDM system

In this paper, we present a bandwidth efficient non-coherent transceiver design for single input single output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (SISO-OFDM) modulation with differential encoding. Under fast channel fading or in low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime, pilot assisted channel estimation is not feasible. In such channel conditions, conventional non-coherent detection methods are not reliable resulting in poor throughput. We propose a frequency-spread time-encoded (FSTE) method for OFDM modulation, which exploits multipath diversity and achieves target energy-per-bit to noise spectral density \({E_b}/{N_0}\) in low SNR regime by spreading differentially encoded information symbols along OFDM sub-carriers. We investigate the impact of spreading on bit-error rate (BER) and throughput under relative mobility and multipath fading scenarios. In order to maximize the throughput of the proposed method, we also optimize spreading factor and modulation order. The simulation results demonstrate significant BER and throughput performance gain as compared to prevailing differential encoding methods.     

The Diversity Gain and ICI Suppression for OFDM Systems Over Doubly Selective Channels

How to compensate the detrimental impact of intercarrier interference (ICI) on BER performance is the key issue of signal detection for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems in doubly selective channels. In this paper, we propose an optimal linear ICI suppression algorithm with successive detection based on oversampling at the receiver, by which the OFDM systems can benefit from doubly selective channels for achieving both the multipath diversity and Doppler diversity. To reduce the additional computational complexity caused by oversampling, a low complexity implementation method for this algorithm is also presented. Simulations results show that the proposed algorithm can enhance the BER performance with the increase of the Doppler spread and the oversampled factor.     

Performance Analysis of UWB Channels for Wireless Personal Area Networks

Ultra-wide band (UWB) communication is one of the most promising technology for high data rate networks over short-range communication. The ultra-wide bandwidth offers pulses with very short duration that provides frequency diversity and multipath resolution. Ultra-wide band (UWB) channels raise new effects in the receiver, the amplitude fading statistics being different compared to the conventional narrow band wireless channels. This review paper focuses on modeling of ultra-wide band channels, especially for simulation of personal area networks and also discusses the benefits, application potential and technical challenges in wideband communication. The concept of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) has recently been applied in wireless communication systems due to its high data rate transmission capability with high bandwidth efficiency and its robustness to multi-path delay. UWB OFDM communication was proposed for physical layer in the IEEE 802.15.3a standard which covers wideband communication in wireless personal area networks. Since the channel model for multicarrier UWB communication is different from that of plain ultra-wide band channel, a novel modification method in UWB channel model is proposed with specific center frequency and multipath resolution. Moreover, dynamic channel estimation is necessary before demodulation of UWB OFDM signals since the radio channel is time varying and frequency selective for wideband systems. The performance of the proposed method is statistically analyzed using LS and MMSE based channel estimation methods.     

一种适用于多径衰落信道的OFDM系统同步算法

该文针对多径衰落信道的具体特点,提出了一种适用于无线衰落信道环境下的OFDM符号同步方法。此种方法利用前一帧估计的信道最大时延来调整相关窗长度,在最大程度上避开了多径的影响;并利用本帧信道估计得到的多径信息进一步完成符号精细同步。仿真证明,该方法比传统的方法有较大的性能改善,比较适合多径衰落信道环境下的符号定时同步。     

基于PSD估计的OFDM系统多径信道估计方法

本文通过功率谱估计(PSD)估计来估计无线多径信道,然后在系统中进行信道均衡.仿真结果证明,PSD估计信道的均方误差优于最小二乘估计和最小均方误差估计的均方误差;通过信道均衡,系统性能基本接近于信道已知条件下的性能.     

A NOVEL INTEGER FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATOR FOR OFDM

One of the principal disadvantages of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing （OFDM） is very sensitive to carrier frequency offset. The integer frequency offset has no effect on the orthogonality among the subcarriers, but it causes a circular shift and phase rotation of the received data symbols sequence, resulting in a Bit Error Rate（BER） of 0.5. In this paper, a novel integer frequency offset estimator for OFDM is derived based on maximum likelihood estimation technique and exploration of the differential relation between two consecutive OFDM data symbol sequences in frequency domain. Its performance is compared with the conventional method by computer simulations for the additive white Gaussian noise channel and a multipath fading channel. Simulation results show that the performance of the proposed estimator is better than the conventional estimator.     

认知无线电中OFDM信号信噪比盲估计

针对认知正交频分复用(OFDM,orthogonal frequency division multiplexing)系统中低信噪比多径信道下传统的OFDM信号信噪比盲估计算法的估计性能差,计算复杂度高的问题,提出一种新的OFDM信号信噪比盲估计方法,该方法首先利用自相关函数的特性粗略估计出信道阶数,确定循环前缀部分中不受符号间干扰的数据区间,然后根据选定区间的数据的自相关函数值估计接收信号的信号功率,最后利用循环前缀数据为部分有用数据的复制这一特性估计出噪声功率,从而估计出接收信号的信噪比。仿真实验结果表明,提出的方法无需任何先验信息,在低信噪比多径信道下具有良好的估计性能,且计算复杂度低,更适合于认知OFDM系统。     

基于OFDM信号的外辐射源雷达杂波信道估计

基于正交频分复用(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing,OFDM)信号调制特性的外辐射源雷达杂波信道状态信息估计方法,针对OFDM外辐射源雷达探测存在的问题,提出了基于信号特性的处理方法。针对该体制雷达中纯净的直达波信号获取问题,提出基于模糊函数的方法提取导频的周期信息,从而得到导频的位置信息,然后,利用导频信息得到杂波信道脉冲响应信息估计。相比常规的处理方法,文中方法能够在参考信号包含多径时得到正确的杂波信道状态信息。     

Pairwise subcarriers weighting for suppressing out‐of‐band radiation of OFDM

This paper proposes a subcarrier weighting technique to suppress the out‐of‐band radiation of OFDM signals. By mapping and weighting the same data on an adjacent pair of subcarriers, the spectrum sidelobes are suppressed perfectly through sidelobes mutual cancellation. The optimum weighting factor is derived based on a rectangular pulse‐shaped OFDM spectrum model. Compared with existing out‐of‐band suppression schemes, the proposed scheme not only requires less computational burden but also achieves better spectral roll‐off. For example, when the cyclic prefix of a one‐eighth OFDM‐block length is added, the proposed scheme suppresses the 10‐dB radiation at the center frequency between two subbands which are using cognitive radio. Analytical and simulation results also show that the proposed scheme improves the system carrier‐to‐interference ratio by 10 dB at a normalized frequency offset above 0.1, which leads to the performance improvement in terms of the BER on AWGN channel and multipath fading channel. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fundamental Limit of OFDM Range Estimation in a Separable Multipath Environment

In this paper, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) for time-based range estimation (TBRE) in a separable multipath channel is investigated and analyzed with respect to its accuracy. First, the Cramer–Rao lower bound (CRLB) in a separable multipath channel is theoretically derived, and indicates a similar expression to that for a single path channel. The CRLB for non-data-bearing (NDB) OFDM transmission is compared to that for pseudo-noise (PN) transmission, demonstrating a large performance gap in favor of the NDB OFDM. Furthermore, the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) for TBRE in a separable multipath channel is theoretically derived, also demonstrating a similar expression to that in a single path channel, except that several peaks instead of one peak are expected in a separable multipath channel corresponding to all arrival paths. The MLE for TBRE is then compared to the commonly used MLE for channel estimation, showing an equal performance in terms of mean square error when using an NDB OFDM transmission. Simulation results demonstrate a good agreement with our proposed theory.