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Timing and Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation Using Selective Extended Cyclic Prefix for Correlation Sequence for OFDM Systems

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In this paper a novel technique for timing and carrier frequency offset (CFO) estimation for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems is presented. This technique is a modification of extended cyclic prefix for correlation sequence (ECPCS) based technique, called as selective extended cyclic prefix for correlation sequence (SECPCS) based technique. In cyclic prefix (CP) based technique, magnitude of timing metric near the exact starting point of CP is quite similar which causes problem in timing estimation. SECPCS is utilized in order to increase the difference between magnitudes of timing metric at the exact starting point of time of CP and its adjacent timing instants. In SECPCS technique, first of all correlation length of CP is extended using available CP samples and then those sequences which enlarge the difference in the magnitude of timing metric is selected. In the proposed technique the difference between magnitude of timing metric at exact starting point and its adjacent timing instants is significantly large compared to the previous techniques. The performance of different techniques is evaluated in terms of mean square error (MSE) in estimation of timing and CFO estimate. Further signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) loss of different techniques in different channel conditions is also estimated. From the simulation results it is observed that under different channel conditions, performance of the proposed SECPCS based technique is significantly better than previous techniques.

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Shukla, S., Tripathi, V.S. Timing and Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation Using Selective Extended Cyclic Prefix for Correlation Sequence for OFDM Systems. Wireless Pers Commun 101, 963–977 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-018-5736-z

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