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A Multiple-Symbol Interval Estimation Algorithm for Precision Improvement of Initial Carrier-Frequency Synchronization in Multiband-OFDM UWB System  

Jin, Yong-Sun (Kookje University)
Park, Kye-Wan (Hanyang University)
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전자공학회논문지 IE / v.47, no.3, 2010 , pp. 35-40 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we propose an algorithm to improve the precision of initial carrier-frequency offset estimation for multiband-OFDM (MB-OFDM) UWB system which is considering the quantization-noise effect. In the general OFDM system, the two adjacent and repeated preamble symbols are used for the initial carrier-frequency synchronization while the performance of the frequency-offset estimation is bounded by quantization effect generated from analog-to-digital conversion at the receiver. This paper proposes a method in which one-symbol interval between two adjacent preamble symbols for the initial frequency synchronization is extended to multiple-symbol interval between non-adjacent symbols in an extent that phase ambiguity does not occur. In this paper, we also present '6' as optimal multiple symbol interval for the MB-OFDM system with 30 preamble symbols on 3-band hopping and with 4-bit A/D conversion at the receiver. Under the channel environments for the MB-OFDM UWB system, the simulation results show that the proposed estimation algorithm can achieve the initial estimation in offset precision less than 5 ppm.
Keywords
MB-OFDM; UWB; Carrier-Frequency Synchronization; Frequency-Offset Estimation;
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