OFDM usually incorporates pilot tones in the frequency domain (FD) or training symbols in the time-domain (TD) to facilitate channel estimation algorithms. TD channel estimation becomes more attractive in quasi-static channels because channel estimation scheme will optimize the spectral efficiency by re-using the training symbols designated for FD channel estimation. A channel estimation method based on time domain averaging algorithm is proposed. Due to the principle of centralized energy in time domain, the effective channel impulse response length can be detected by setting of threshold for the estimated channel impulse response length. Computer simulation demonstrates the performance of the proposed algorithms in terms of bit error rate performance.
A novel channel estimation scheme for multicarrier communications with the Type-I even discrete cosine transform
