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A Novel Channel Estimation Method for Downlink Wideband CDMA Mobile Communication Systems

하향링크 광대역 CDMA 이동통신 시스템을 위한 새로운 채널추정 방법

  • 임민중 (동국대학교 정보통신공학과)
  • Published : 2003.04.01
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Abstract

Many CDMA systems provide pilot channels in order to help channel estimation process. Especially in wideband CDMA systems, the number of receive diversity paths can be large due to small chip duration and high multi-path resolution capability. Hence, the received signal power of each path is small for a given total SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) and the pilot power of each path may not be sufficiently large for accurate channel estimation. When the pilot power is small, one can use decision-directed channel estimation to utilize more energy of the received data. However, the decision errors can deteriorate the quality of decision-directed channel estimation. This paper proposes a novel channel estimation method that optimally utilizes receiver decisions as well as pilot symbols with the help of estimated SER (symbol error rate) and SNR. The proposed method computes two channel estimates using the pilot and the data channel filters and optimally combines them. The simulation results show that the proposed method is robust and outperforms the conventional pilot-symbol-aided channel estimation method.

CDMA 시스템에서는 일반적으로 파일럿채널이 존재하며 이를 이용하여 채널추정을 한다. 그러나 CDMA 시스템이 고속전송을 위해 광대역을 사용하면서 한 칩(chip)의 크기가 작아지게 되었고 이에 따라 다경로 분해능력이 커지게 됨에 따라 수신 다이버시티 경로수가 증가하게 되었다. 수신 경로수의 증가에 따라, 주어진 전체 신호대잡음비에서, 이전보다 각 경로의 수신전력은 미약해지고 파일럿만으로는 정확한 채널추정이 힘들어졌다. 파일럿의 에너지가 충분치 않을 경우, 보다 정확한 채널추정을 위해서 파일럿뿐만 아니라 데이터를 사용하는, 결정지향 채널추정방법을 사용할 수 있으나 결정지향 채널추정방법에서는 결정오류의 발생으로 인해 시스템의 성능을 보장하지 못한다. 이 논문에서는 CDMA 시스템을 위해서, 파일럿채널과 함께 데이터채널을 같이 이용하여 채널추정을 할 때의 최적의 채널추정방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 신호대잡음비와 심벌오류확률을 이용하여 파일럿채널과 데이터채널의 채널추정값을 최적의 비로 결합하여 사용한다. 실험결과에서, 제안된 방법은 파일럿채널만으로 충분한 성능을 얻지 못하는 경우에도 잘 동작한다는 것을 보였다.

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