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New SNR Estimation Algorithm using Preamble and Performance Analysis  

Seo, Chang-Woo (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Yoon, Gil-Sang (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Portugal, Sherlie (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Hwang, In-Tae (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chonnam National University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC / v.48, no.3, 2011 , pp. 6-12 More about this Journal
Abstract
The fast growing of the number of users requires the development of reliable communication systems able to provide higher data rates. In order to meet those requirements, techniques such as Multiple Input Multiple Out (MIMO) and Orthogonal Frequency Division multiplexing (OFDM) have been developed in the recent years. In order to combine the benefits of both techniques, the research activity is currently focused on MIMO-OFDM systems. In addition, for a fast wireless channel environment, the data rate and reliability can be optimized by setting the modulation and coding adaptively according to the channel conditions; and using sub-carrier frequency, and power allocation techniques. Depending on how accurate the feedback-based system obtain the channel state information (CSI) and feed it back to the transmitter without delay, the overall system performance would be poor or optimal. In this paper, we propose a Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) estimation algorithm where the preamble is known for both sides of the transciever. Through simulations made over several channel environments, we prove that our proposed SNR estimation algorithm is more accurate compared with the traditional SNR estimation.
Keywords
MIMO; OFDM; CSI; Preamble; SNR;
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