Iterative Channel Estimation for Nonbinary LDPC-Coded OFDM Signals. (30th March 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bacci, Giacomo; Della Maggiora, Marco; Luise, Marco
• Other Names: Lin C. S. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: ISRN signal processing. Volume 2011(2011)
• Publication Date: 2011-03-30
• Subjects: Signal processing -- Periodicals; Signal processing; Periodicals; 621.3822
• DOI: 10.5402/2011/254597
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-5041

Abstract

Abstract : This work deals with the issue of channel estimation in the context of non-binary LDPC-coded OFDM systems over doubly selective multipath channels. In particular, we show how to derive an iterative Wiener-filter-based estimation method using both time and frequency channel correlation and considering the particular characteristics of the channel code. The proposed algorithm can use either soft information or hard decisions fed back by the decoder to refine the channel estimation, so as to improve the system performance at the expense of an increased receiver complexity. Simulation results under typical working conditions are presented to compare the performance of the proposed method with respect to classical techniques.