Low-Complexity Coarse Frequency Offset Estimation for OFDM Systems with Non-uniform Phased Pilots

In this letter, we propose a low-complexity coarse frequency offset estimation scheme in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system using non-uniform phased pilot symbols. In our approach, the pilot symbol used for frequency estimation is grouped into a number of pilot subsets so that the phase of pilots in each subset is unique. We show via simulations that such a design achieves not only a low computational load but also comparable performance, when compared to the conventional estimator.

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