Impact of imperfect channel knowledge on the performance of multicarrier systems

Author

Leke, Achankeng ; Cioffi, John M.

Author_Institution

Inf. Syst. Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

951

Abstract

We discuss the effect of imperfect knowledge of the transmission channel on the performance of multicarrier-OFDM and DMT -systems. The limited accuracy in the identification of the transmission channel is caused either by errors in the estimate of the channel or by variations in the channel due to motion of the transmitter, the receiver, and/or the reflectors. We develop a model to analyze the impact of these errors and derive analytic expressions for the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) and the probability of error as a function of the initial SNR and the mean square error in channel estimation. We compare these results to those obtained assuming Gaussian errors and show that in both cases, the performance of multicarrier systems degrades when the normalized mean square error in channel estimation is greater than 10^-3 (-30 dB). Finally, we extend these concepts to errors due to variations in the transmission channel

Keywords

AWGN channels; OFDM modulation; equalisers; error statistics; fading channels; mean square error methods; multipath channels; parameter estimation; radiofrequency interference; AWGN channels; DMT; Gaussian errors; ISI; OFDM; SIR; channel estimation; channel variations; error probability; frequency domain equalizer; imperfect channel knowledge; mean square error; multicarrier systems performance; multipath fading; multipath propagation; normalized mean square error; receiver motion; reflectors motion; signal-to-interference ratio; transmission channel identification; transmitter motion; Channel estimation; Fading; Information systems; Intersymbol interference; Laboratories; Mean square error methods; Motion estimation; OFDM modulation; Performance analysis; Signal analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1998. GLOBECOM 1998. The Bridge to Global Integration. IEEE

Conference_Location

Sydney,NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4984-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1998.776870

Filename

776870