Iterative padding subtraction of the PN sequence for the TDS-OFDM over broadcast channels

PN-sequence padding (PNP) TDS-OFDM transmission scheme has recently been proposed as an appealing alternative to the traditional cyclic prefix (CP) OFDM technology as it can provide significant improvement in the spectrum efficiency. In this paper, an iterative method is introduced to subtract the PN sequence padding for the TDS-OFDM systems to mitigate the residual inter symbol interference (ISI) from the imperfect channel estimation, and the inherent channel estimation techniques are also performed to track the channel changes. Results show that this iterative algorithm can effectively remove the impact from the residual ISI on the slow-fading broadcast channels, even in the presence of very large channel delays in the single-frequency simulcast networks (SFN).