On optimum pilot design for comb-type OFDM transmission over doubly-selective channels

K. M.Zahidul Islam, Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri, Naofal Al-Dhahir

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Abstract

We consider comb-type OFDM transmission over doubly-selective channels. Given a fixed number and total power of the pilot subcarriers, we show that the MMSE-optimum pilot design consists of identical equally-spaced clusters where each cluster is zero-correlation-zone sequence.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number5715843
Pages (from-to)930-935
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Communications
Volume59
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Doppler
  • ICI
  • OFDM
  • Pilot optimization
  • ZCZ sequence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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