A Novel Timing Synchronization Method for Distributed MIMO-OFDM System

Author

Guo, Feng ; Li, Dong ; Yang, Hongwei ; Cai, Liyu

Author_Institution

Res. & Innovation Center, Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.

Volume

4

fYear

2006

fDate

7-10 May 2006

Firstpage

1933

Lastpage

1936

Abstract

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a popular method for high data rate wireless transmission. Its capability of turning a frequency-selective channel into a parallel collection of frequency flat subchannels has attracted huge interest from the research community as well as the industry. Multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) configuration is also a hot topic for the merit of an increased diversity gain and/or a higher system capacity. In this contribution, a novel timing synchronization method is proposed for the distributed MIMO-OFDM configuration. The performance of this proposed scheme is evaluated by simulations. The simulation results show that the proposed method offers an accurate estimation on the different time delay caused by the distributed transmitters of the MIMO-OFDM system

Keywords

MIMO systems; OFDM modulation; synchronisation; wireless channels; distributed MIMO-OFDM system; frequency flat subchannels; frequency-selective channel; high data rate wireless transmission; multiple input and multiple output; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; timing synchronization method; Delay effects; Diversity methods; Frequency estimation; Frequency synchronization; MIMO; OFDM; Receiving antennas; Timing; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2006. VTC 2006-Spring. IEEE 63rd

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

ISSN

1550-2252

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9391-0

Electronic_ISBN

1550-2252

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2006.1683183

Filename

1683183