• DocumentCode
    1333667
  • Title

    On the pilot spacing constraints for continuous time-varying fading channels

  • Author

    Savazzi, Stefano ; Spagnolini, Umberto

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milano, Italy
  • Volume
    57
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    3209
  • Lastpage
    3213
  • Abstract
    In common wireless systems pilot placing can be interpreted as a way to sample the channel with some degree of accuracy. In this letter we investigate the necessary conditions on the pilots spacing for time-varying fading to guarantee a specified average bit error rate. These constraints are evaluated in closed form for large SNR and small fading dynamics and specialized for varying fading correlation and coded/uncoded binary transmissions.
  • Keywords
    error statistics; fading channels; radiocommunication; average bit error rate; coded-uncoded binary transmissions; continuous time-varying fading channels; fading dynamics; wireless systems pilot placing; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; Channel estimation; Delay estimation; Fading; Frequency estimation; Sampling methods; Signal to noise ratio; Time varying systems; Wireless communication; MMSE channel estimation, pilot spacing, timevarying fading channels, training-based channel estimation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOMM.2009.11.080024
  • Filename
    5336838