Frequency Offset Estimation for Unknown QAM Constellations

We introduce a novel, both gain and signal-to-noise ratio independent, constellation unaware, blind frequency offset estimation procedure for QAM signals. Asymptotic performance analysis and numerical simulations show that the herein presented method outperforms a selected state of the art blind constellation unaware estimator, especially for cross constellations.

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