New OFDM Channel Estimation Algorithm with Low Complexity

Based on the m-sequence, a time-domain channel estimation algorithm for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is designed. The m-sequence with cyclic prefix (CP) is inserted between OFDM symbols in time domain as training sequence. The cross-correlation is calculated between the received sequence with CP removed and the appointed circular shifted m-sequence, which takes reliability of the estimation of channel impulse response on account of the two-valued auto-correlation property of the m-sequence, thereby the channel frequency response can be advisably decided. As a result of both theoretical analysis and simulation, we obtain an impressive performance with less system overhead and lower computation burden than conventional algorithms.