Robust Joint Timing and Frequency Synchronization Algorithm for IEEE802.16e OFDM System

Based on the structures of the short preamble and long preamble,which are defined for synchronization in IEEE802.16e specification,the robust synchronization algorithm for IEEE802.16e OFDM system is proposed.The correlations among the sample sequences in the preamble are investigated,especially the correlation between the first sample sequence and the last sample sequence in the long preamble.The conventional joint timing and frequency synchronization algorithm is reviewed based on the short preamble referring to the algorithm proposed by Schmidl,then a robust joint timing and frequency synchronization algorithm is proposed based on the long preamble.The simulations in the multi-path and frequency selective fading channel show that the proposed algorithm has improved the performances of timing metric plateau,timing offset and synchronization acquisition time even when signal-to-noise ratio is less than-5 dB.

Based on the structures of the short preamble and long preamble, which are defined for synchronization in IEEES02.16e specification, the robust synchronization algorithm for IEEES02.16e OFDM system is proposed. The correlations among the sample sequences in the preamble are investigated, especially the correlation between the first sample sequence and the last sample sequence in the long preamble. The conventional joint timing and frequency synchronization algorithm is reviewed based on the short preamble referring to the algorithm proposed by Schmidl, then a robust joint timing and frequency synchronization algorithm is proposed based on the long preamble. The simulations in the multi-path and frequency selective fading channel show that the proposed algorithm has improved the performances of timing metric plateau, timing offset and synchronization acquisition time even when signal-to-noise ratio is less than -5 dB.