Title :
A hybrid CME-LS channel estimation approach for broadband MIMO-OFDM systems
Author :
Lu, Zhen ; Kadi, Anthony ; Aubrey, Tim
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Commun., Univ. of Technol., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
A channel estimation approach yielding both channel gains and the number of multi-paths is presented. The algorithm is based on a variation of conditional model order estimation (CME), and is proposed for MIMO-OFDM systems. The CME based estimator is shown to be viable in both fixed and mobile broadband MIMO-OFDM wireless applications, and takes advantage of determining the nonzero taps as well. The performance of the approach is compared to the popular minimum description length (MDL) algorithm for estimation of the number of channel paths, by means of simulation in the context of a 2times2 MIMO-OFDM transceiver system. Results indicate that the new algorithm is superior in channel order estimation to the MDL algorithm in MMO-OFDM system over a noisy frequency selective fading channel.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; OFDM modulation; broadband networks; channel estimation; least squares approximations; mobile radio; multipath channels; wireless channels; CME-LS channel estimation approach; MDL algorithm; MIMO-OFDM transceiver system; conditional model order estimation; least square estimation; minimum description length; mobile broadband MIMO-OFDM wireless system; multipath channel; noisy frequency selective fading channel; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; Channel estimation; Computational complexity; Degradation; Diversity reception; Fading; Frequency estimation; Maximum likelihood estimation; OFDM; Receiving antennas; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Information Technology, 2009. ISCIT 2009. 9th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Icheon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4521-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4522-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISCIT.2009.5341235
