Channel estimation with ISFLA based pilot pattern optimization for MIMO OFDM system

Abstract In multiple input multiple output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) systems, the channel state information should be known by the receiver for obtaining transmitted data. Channel estimation algorithms are used to examine the multipath effects of frequency selective Rayleigh fading channels. In this paper, Compressed Sensing (CS) based channel estimation technique is considered for reconstructing the signal with improved spectral efficiency. It requires transmitting the known pilot data to the receiver for estimating channel information. The optimum pilot patterns are selected through reducing the mutual coherence of measurement matrix. In order to maximize the accuracy of sparse channel estimation and to reduce the computational complexity, an optimization algorithm Improved Shuffled Frog Leaping (ISFL) is proposed. When compared with the traditional estimation methods like least squares (LS), and minimal mean square error (MMSE), 4.7% of spectral efficiency is increased with ISFLA based channel estimation. Implementation results show that, by using the proposed algorithm, the bit error rate (BER) and Mean Square Error (MER) performance of the system is increased with 1.5 dB and 2 dB respectively.