• DocumentCode
    1276437
  • Title

    On the Performance Limits of Pilot-Based Estimation of Bandlimited Frequency-Selective Communication Channels

  • Author

    Montorsi, Francesco ; Vitetta, Giorgio Matteo

  • Volume
    59
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    11/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2964
  • Lastpage
    2969
  • Abstract
    In this paper the problem of assessing bounds on the accuracy of pilot-based estimation of a bandlimited frequency selective communication channel is tackled. Mean square error is taken as a figure of merit in channel estimation and a tapped-delay line model is adopted to represent a continuous time channel via a finite number of unknown parameters. This allows to derive some properties of optimal waveforms for channel sounding and closed form Cramer-Rao bounds.
  • Keywords
    bandlimited communication; channel estimation; mean square error methods; telecommunication channels; Cramer-Rao bound; bandlimited frequency selective communication channel; channel estimation; channel sounding; continuous time channel; mean square error; optimal waveform; pilot-based estimation; tapped-delay line model; Channel estimation; Covariance matrix; Estimation; Fading channels; Frequency estimation; Signal to noise ratio; Estimation; fading channels;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOMM.2011.070511.100269
  • Filename
    5957383