Maximum a posteriori multipath fading channel estimation for ofdm systems

✍ Scribed by Panayirci, Erdal ;Çirpan, Hakan A.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 608 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1124-318X
• DOI: 10.1002/ett.4460130509

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In this paper, a non‐data‐aided maximum a posteriori (MAP) channel estimation technique for OFDM systems employing M‐PSK modulation scheme is proposed. The technique requires a convenient representation of the discrete multipath fading channel based on the Karhunen‐Loeve orthogonal expansion and estimates the complex channel parameters of each subcarriers iteratively in frequency domain using the Expectation‐Maximization (EM) algorithm. Pilot symbols are employed to choose reliable initial values of the unknown channel parameters. An analytical expression is derived for the exact Cramer‐Rao lower bound of the proposed MAP channel estimator. Moreover, robustness of estimator to changes in channel correlation and signal‐to‐noise ratio is also analyzed. The performance is presented in terms of the mean‐square error and the uncoded symbol error rate for a system employing QPSK signaling. Computer simulations demonstrate that the performance of OFDM systems using coherent demodulation based on our channel estimation can be significantly improved.