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A Curve-Fitting Channel Estimation Method for OFDM System in a Time-Varying Frequency-Selective Channel

시변 주파수 선택적 채널에서 OFDM시스템을 위한 Curve-Fitting 채널추정 방법

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Abstract

In this paper, a curve-fitting channel estimation method is proposed for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system in a time-varying frequency-selective fading channel. The method can greatly improve channel state information (CSI) estimation accuracy by performing smoothing and interpolation through consecutive curve-fitting processes in both time domain and frequency domain. It first evaluates least-squares (LS) estimates using pilot symbols and then the estimates are approximated to a polynomial with proper degree in the LS error sense, starting from one preferred domain in which pilots we densely distributed. Smoothing, interpolation, and prediction are performed subsequently to obtain CSI estimates for data transmission. The channel estimation processes are completed by smoothing and interpolating CSI estimates in the other domain once again using the channel estimates obtained in one domain. The performance of proposed method is influenced heavily on the time variation and frequency selectivity of channel and pilot arrangement. Hence, a proper degree of polynomial and an optimum approximation interval according to various system and channel conditions are required for curve-fitting. From extensive simulation results in various channel environments, we see that the proposed method performs better than the conventional methods including the optimal Wiener filtering method, in terms of the mean square error (MSE) and bit error rate (BER).

본 논문에서는 시변 주파수 선택적 페이딩 채널에서 OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) 시스템을 위한 curve-fitting 채널추정 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 시간영역 및 주파수영역에서 1차원 curve-fitting을 통하여 smoothing과 interpolation을 순차적으로 수행함으로써 채널추정 정확도를 크게 개선할 수 있다. 먼저, 파일럿 심벌들을 사용하여 LS(least-Square) 추정치를 구하고, 이를 바탕으로 파일럿 밀도가 상대적으로 높은 영역을 선택하여 최소자승오차 기준에 따라 적절한 차수의 다항식으로 1차원 curve-fitting을 수행한다. 다음으로, 이 다항식을 이용하여 주어진 범위 내에 존재하는 LS 추정치들을 smoothing하고, interpolation 또는 prediction을 통하여 데이터 전송을 위하여 필요한 채널추정치들을 구한다. 이어서, 선택된 영역에서 얻어진 채널추정치들을 나머지 영역에서 또 다른 다항식을 사용하여 동일한 과정으로 1차원 curve-fitting을 통하여 smoothing과 interpolation을 수행함으로써 시간영역 및 주파수영역에서의 채널추정을 완료한다. 모의실험을 통하여 다양한 채널환경에서 MSE (mean square error) 및 BER (bit error rate) 성능을 분석한 결과, 제안된 방법이 기존의 채널추정 방법들에 비하여 월등히 우수하며, 최적의 Wiener 필터링 방법보다도 우수함을 보였다.

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