Channel estimation based on Non-Equally Spaced Pilot allocation in OFDM system

Latif Ullah Khan, Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, Gul Muhammad Khan, M. Haseeb Zafar, Majid Ashraf

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Abstract

This paper proposes the modifications in the Least Square (LS) estimator for the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) over fast fading Rayleigh channels in the presence of the Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) to optimize its performance. The LS estimation has an inherent channel noise that degrades its performance. In our work, modifications in the LS estimator were proposed to reduce the inherent noise and interpolation error. The channel energy has the concentrated nature in time domain. The first set of taps containing almost all of channel energy for the sample spaced channel was considered. The performance analysis of the modified LS (M-LS) estimator was made both for comb-type and Non-Equally Spaced Pilots (NSP). Simulation results revealed the performance improvement of the M-LS estimator with both comb-type pilot arrangement and NSP over conventional LS estimator with one-dimensional interpolation techniques for comb-type pilot arrangement. A M-LS estimator has optimum performance for linearly spaced pilots compared to NSP.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 6th Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Conference, CEEC 2014 - Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages139-143
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479966912
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Nov 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2014 6th Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Conference, CEEC 2014 - Colchester, United Kingdom
Duration: 25 Sept 201426 Sept 2014

Publication series

Name2014 6th Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Conference, CEEC 2014 - Conference Proceedings

Conference

Conference2014 6th Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Conference, CEEC 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityColchester
Period25/09/1426/09/14

Keywords

  • LS Estimator
  • MSE
  • OFDM
  • comb-type pilot arrangement

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