Abstract:
Embodiments of systems and methods for performing channel estimation on Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signals are described. In one embodiment, a method for performing channel estimation on an OFDM signal involves performing blind channel phase estimation on an OFDM signal to obtain channel phase information and performing blind channel magnitude estimation on the OFDM signal to obtain channel magnitude information. Each of performing blind channel phase estimation on the OFDM signal and performing blind channel magnitude estimation on the OFDM signal involves detecting and suppressing a signal path of the OFDM signal. Other embodiments are also described.
Abstract:
A first error-correcting decoder, adapted to decode the data bits of a received OFDM symbol; a re-encoder, to receive decoded bits and adapted to re-encode a leading portion of the decoded bits; a mapper, to receive the re-encoded leading portion of bits, map these bits to a corresponding subset of the plurality of sub-carriers, and thereby estimate a modulation symbol that was applied to each sub-carrier of said subset a channel estimator, to produce a channel estimate by comparing the sub-carrier modulation symbols with the corresponding sub-carriers actually received by the receiver; and an equalizer, to process the received signal to remove distortions introduced by the transmission channel, using the channel estimate, the re-encoder is adapted to begin re-encoding the leading portion of the bits before a trailing portion of the bits has been decoded by the decoder.
Abstract:
Embodiments of systems and methods for performing channel estimation on Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signals are described. In one embodiment, a method for performing channel estimation on an OFDM signal involves performing blind channel phase estimation on an OFDM signal to obtain channel phase information and performing blind channel magnitude estimation on the OFDM signal to obtain channel magnitude information. Each of performing blind channel phase estimation on the OFDM signal and performing blind channel magnitude estimation on the OFDM signal involves detecting and suppressing a signal path of the OFDM signal. Other embodiments are also described.