• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.30 no.2A
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• pp.43-50
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• 2005

In this paper, we present an improved channel estimation method for orthogonal frequency division multipexing systems using pilot symbol assisted modulation(PSAM). Conventional linear minimum mean square error(LMMSE) channel estimation method uses only pilot symbols for channel estimation. So, as the fading channel varies rapidly, the system performance is degraded. The basic idea of the proposed scheme is that we firstly estimate channel coefficients at the middle point between two pilot symbols and then compute the channel attenuation by using LMMSE method. Superior performance achieved with the proposed method is illustrated by simulation experiments with the Doppler frequency of 36Hz and 185Hz in comparison with conventional LMMSE channel estimator.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.32 no.10A
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• pp.992-1003
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• 2007

In this paper, a channel estimation technique based on pilot tones, which does not degrade channel estimation performance even with the existence of symbol timing offset (STO) in OFDM systems, is proposed. The proposed technique performs channel estimation by interpolating channels with respect to amplitude and phase with a minimum computational complexity, differently from the conventional interpolation techniques. The proposed technique requires neither the estimation of fine STO in advance nor trigonometric operation for phase interpolation, signifying a significant reduction in computational complexity. Since the performance of the proposed technique does not depend on the STO present in OFDM systems. It can be directly applied to the following areas in OFDM-based communication system: elimination of fine STO estimation step in the synchronization procedure, elimination of STO estimation step in multiuser uplink, and channel estimation in multi-hop relay system. It is verified by computer simulation that the proposed technique can improve the performance of channel estimation significantly in the presence of STOs, compared with previous channel estimation techniques based on pilot tones.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.733-738
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• 2013

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) based IEEE 802.11 a/g systems which are widely used in wireless LAN carry out channel estimation in one time per packet since the systems use only preamble. Whereas, midamble based channel estimation supports continuous channel estimation by tracking the channel state information periodically. Using IEEE 802.11p Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) system, we analyze the performance of the proposed system via practical measurements. Based on these results, practical issues on midamble based channel estimation are investigated.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.1455-1461
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• 2012

MIMO-OFDM which is one of core techniques for the high-speed mobile communication system requires the efficient channel estimation method with low estimation error and computational complexity, for accurately receiving data. In this paper, we propose a channel estimation algorithm with low channel estimation error comparing with LS which is primarily employed to the MIMO-OFDM system, and with low computational complexity comparing with MMSE. The proposed algorithm estimates channel vectors based on the LMS adaptive algorithm in the time domain, and the estimated channel vector is sent to the detector after FFT. We also suggest a preamble architecture for the proposed MIMO-OFDM channel estimation algorithm. The computer simulation example is provided to illustrate the performance of the proposed algorithm.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.32 no.12A
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• pp.1296-1302
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• 2007

In this paper, we propose joint estimation methods of carrier offset and channel estimation for MB-OFDM system with low complexity. The proposed methods estimate the channel by using low-rank LMMSE channel estimation which reduces the system complexity by applying the optimal number of rank to evaluate the frequency offset and additionally using the simple algorithm using the auto-correlation property of the estimated channel. We simulate the proposed algorithms under the IEEE 802.15 TG3a UWB channel model.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.470-471
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 MIMO(multi-input multi-output) 시스템에서의 시간영역 채널 추정방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 알고리듬은 각 안테나에서 전송되는 시간영역의 OFDM(orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) 심볼 구간에 직교코드를 곱하여 기존의 채널 추정보다 긴 채널 추정이 가능하다. 제안된 알고리듬을 바탕으로 다양한 길이의 직교코드를 이용하여 채널추정이 가능함을 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.11-12
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 다중 입출력 안테나 OFDM 통신시스템에서 신뢰할 만한 데이터 신호 사용하는 한 연판정 지향 채널 추정 기법을 제안한다. 기존 방식에서는 주어진 기준 신호만을 이용하여 채널을 추정하는 반면에 제안하는 기법은 기준 신호를 포함하여 신뢰할 만한 데이터 신호를 동시에 사용하여 채널을 추정한다. 모의실험을 통해 제안하는 기법이 기존 채널 추정에 비해 성능이 우수함을 확인할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.27-30
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• 2003

무선 통신 서비스에 대한 수요가 급격히 증가하면서 높은 데이터 전송율을 갖는 무선 통신에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. UWB는 (Ultra Wide Band) 이러한 문제점을 해결할 수 있는 통신 방법 중의 하나로 이 논문에서는 현재 IEEE 802.15.TG3a 표준화 위원회에서 제시하고 있는 채널 모델에 대해서 알아보고, 제시된 채널 모델에 LS (Least Square) 방법을 적용하여 채널의 임펄스 응답을 (Channel Impulse Response) 추정한다. 채널 추정의 성능 지표로 Preamble의 크기에 따른 MSE와 (Mean Square Error) 각각의 채널에 대한 비트 에러율을 사용하여 모의 실험을 본 논문에서 다루는 추정 기법의 성능을 분석한다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.552-561
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• 2016

In OFDM system, frequency-domain sub-carriers of a symbol generally consist of data sub-carriers and scattered pilot sub-carriers and in the receiver, channel is estimated through time-axis interpolating pilot sub-carriers of several OFDM symbols. However, time-axis interpolation fails to keep track of rapid channel variation caused by fast moving receiver. Although symbol by symbol channel estimation without time-axis interpolation enables fast estimation, the performance is severely degraded for a long delay spread channel in a single frequency networks (SFNs) because of insufficient pilot sub-carriers. In this paper, a channel estimation scheme for OFDM receiver in a fast mobile SFN channel is proposed. The proposed scheme is applied to DVB-T receiver to improve the Doppler mobile performance in SFN channel.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.41 no.8
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• pp.63-68
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• 2004

The capacity of MIMO systems is numerically analyzed when channel estimation error exists. The analysis shows that the capacity is influenced by Mean Square Error (MSE) as well as average Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR). Furthermore, in this paper we present the standard selecting a channel estimator suitable to a system owing to get a tolerable channel estimation error in a given average SNR and channel capacity loss. The simulation results show that the tolerable MSEs for 1 bps/Hz capacity loss are about 10$^{-2}$ and 10$^{-4}$ at n dB and 40 dB average SNR, respectively.