Performance of channel estimation methods for OFDM systems in a multipath fading channels

In this paper, a Gaussian interpolation filter and cubic interpolation filter are presented as more accurate interpolation filters compared to the conventional linear interpolation filter. In addition to an interpolation filter, a low pass filter using FFT and IFFT is also presented to reduce the noisy components of a channel estimate obtained by an interpolation filter. Channel estimates after low-pass filtering combined with interpolation filters can lower the error floor compared to the use of only interpolation filters. Computer simulation demonstrates that the presented channel estimation methods exhibit improved performance compared to the conventional linear interpolation filter. OFDM and in particular coded OFDM DAB systems are discussed.

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