• DocumentCode
    1185078
  • Title

    Modified nonlinear least square approaches to carrier frequency offset estimation in OFDM systems

  • Author

    Ma, Yugang

  • Author_Institution
    Singapore Res. Lab., SONY Electron. (S) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    177
  • Lastpage
    179
  • Abstract
    Two modified nonlinear least square (NLS) estimators for carrier frequency offset (CFO) in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems are proposed. In the modified NLS CFO estimators, slot elements in an OFDM block symbol are weighted in terms of their received energies. Simulation results show that the proposed new estimators outperform the original one especially in a low signal-to-noise ratio range.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; frequency estimation; least squares approximations; noise; OFDM block symbol; OFDM systems; SNR; carrier frequency offset estimation; low signal-to-noise ratio; modified NLS CFO estimators; modified nonlinear least square estimators; orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing; received energy; simulation results; slot elements; AWGN; Additive white noise; Digital video broadcasting; Discrete Fourier transforms; Frequency division multiplexing; Frequency estimation; Gaussian noise; Least squares approximation; OFDM; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2003.811193
  • Filename
    1195502