Timing-based location estimation for OFDM signals with application in LTE, WLAN and WIMAX

Author

Leria, Victor Juarez ; Lohan, Elena-Simona

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Tampere Univ. of Technol. (TUT), Tampere, Finland

fYear

2012

fDate

25-27 June 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper studies different coarse positioning techniques for wireless networks using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals. The methods under study are based on timing synchronization algorithms and various preambles embedded in the OFDM signal. Also correlation-based approaches and Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC) approaches are investigated. The performance of the studied estimation algorithms is analyzed in terms of root mean square error (RMSE), obtained from computer simulation results and the aim is to provide a detailed comparison of various OFDM preamble-based timing estimators.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; OFDM modulation; WiMax; mean square error methods; signal classification; synchronisation; wireless LAN; LTE; MUSIC approaches; OFDM preamble-based timing estimators; OFDM signals; RMSE; WLAN; WiMax; computer simulation; multiple signal classification approaches; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signals; root mean square error; timing synchronization algorithms; timing-based location estimation; Estimation; Multiple signal classification; OFDM; Signal to noise ratio; Synchronization; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); preamble;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Starnberg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2344-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2342-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICL-GNSS.2012.6253106

Filename

6253106