The paper deals with two-dimensional （2D） channel estimation of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing （OFDM） system ill slow fading wireless channel. We concentrate on two channel estimation schemes： Least S...The paper deals with two-dimensional （2D） channel estimation of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing （OFDM） system ill slow fading wireless channel. We concentrate on two channel estimation schemes： Least Square （LS）＋Weighted BiLinear （WBL） and LS＋Linear Minimum Mean-Squared Error （LMMSE） where the first method is proposed in this paper. After theory analysis and simulation in Typical Urban （TU） channel, we find that LS＋LMMSE achieves the optimal perform- anee by exploiting prior knowledge of channel whereas LS＋WBL, without requiring channel knowl- edge and with only half of the computational amount of LS＋LMMSE, approaches LS＋LMMSE in Bit Error Ratio （BER） performance when the distance of two adjoining pilot symbols along frequency direction is sufficiently small. This makes LS＋WBL very suitable for wideband wireless applications.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No: 60496311).
文摘The paper deals with two-dimensional （2D） channel estimation of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing （OFDM） system ill slow fading wireless channel. We concentrate on two channel estimation schemes： Least Square （LS）＋Weighted BiLinear （WBL） and LS＋Linear Minimum Mean-Squared Error （LMMSE） where the first method is proposed in this paper. After theory analysis and simulation in Typical Urban （TU） channel, we find that LS＋LMMSE achieves the optimal perform- anee by exploiting prior knowledge of channel whereas LS＋WBL, without requiring channel knowl- edge and with only half of the computational amount of LS＋LMMSE, approaches LS＋LMMSE in Bit Error Ratio （BER） performance when the distance of two adjoining pilot symbols along frequency direction is sufficiently small. This makes LS＋WBL very suitable for wideband wireless applications.
