A polynomial rooting approach for synchronization in multipath channels using antenna arrays

The estimation of the delay of a known training signal received by an antenna array in a multipath channel is addressed. The effect of the co-channel interference is taken into account by including a term with unknown spatial correlation. The channel is modeled as an unstructured FIR filter. The exa...

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Autores: Seco Granados, Gonzalo, Swindlehurst, A K, Fernández Rubio, Juan Antonio|||0000-0003-1494-5366
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/98478
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/98478
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SSAP.2000.870210
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Telecommunication
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Sumario:The estimation of the delay of a known training signal received by an antenna array in a multipath channel is addressed. The effect of the co-channel interference is taken into account by including a term with unknown spatial correlation. The channel is modeled as an unstructured FIR filter. The exact maximum likelihood (ML) solution for this problem is derived, but it does not have a simple dependence on the delay. An approximate estimator that is asymptotically equivalent to the exact one is presented. Using an appropriate reparameterization, it is shown that the delay estimate is obtained by rooting a low-order polynomial, which may be of interest in applications where fast feedforward synchronization is needed.