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OFDM Error Floor Prediction in a Small-Time-Dispersion Channel

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In this paper, a novel error floor prediction model is proposed for estimating the peak performance of the OFDM transmission in a small-time-dispersion environment—typically indoor. The obtained analytical formula involves both the accordingly modified common channel time-dispersion parameters such as the rms delay spread, but distinct for the advanced and delayed multipath echoes (with respect to the chosen sampling instant), as well as the OFDM signal-specific parameters. The validity of the model was confirmed by the results of the corresponding Monte-Carlo simulations.

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Lipovac, A. OFDM Error Floor Prediction in a Small-Time-Dispersion Channel. Wireless Pers Commun 75, 645–663 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-013-1383-6

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