Timing and frequency synchronization for OFDM based systems: preambles and timing metrics

The orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation is a multicarrier transmission, which has received considerable attention due to its robustness against inter-symbol interference (ISI) and multipath distortion, low implementation complexity and high spectral efficiency. However, one...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: ERIC MARIO SILVA CRUZ
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:México
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional del INAOE
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/245
Acceso en línea:http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/245
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/OFDM modulation/OFDM modulation
info:eu-repo/classification/Comunicación digital/Digital communication
info:eu-repo/classification/Señales digitales/Digital signals
info:eu-repo/classification/Teoría de la estimación/Estimation theory
info:eu-repo/classification/Desvanecimiento/Fading
info:eu-repo/classification/Software radio/Software radio
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/22
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2203
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Sumario:The orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation is a multicarrier transmission, which has received considerable attention due to its robustness against inter-symbol interference (ISI) and multipath distortion, low implementation complexity and high spectral efficiency. However, one of the main disadvantages of OFDM based systems is the sensitivity to synchronization errors, characterized mainly by frequency and timing offsets. Frequency offset causes a reduction of desired signal amplitude and introduces inter-carrier interference (ICI). The timing offset originates the rotation of the OFDM subcarrier signal constellation. This thesis presents a contribution in timing and frequency synchronization for OFDM based systems. The contribution consist on propose modified timing metrics based on preamble sequences in configurations of short and long preamble. The proposed timing metrics are the result of a review of the state of the art of methods, and the corresponding analysis by simulation of timing and frequency synchronization errors. The new proposed timing and frequency synchronization methods are based on weighted preambles; these preambles are designed applying Golay-Rudin-Shapiro (GRS) sequences. GRS sequence exhibits good autocorrelation properties and reduced peak to average power ratio (PAPR), being useful characteristics to obtain algorithms with reduced mean square error (MSE) and improved response of the bit error rate (BER) in OFDM based systems.