A Robust Timing Synchronization Algorithm for OFDM Systems over Multipath Rayleigh Fading Channels

Jung-Sun UM
Se-Bin IM
Sung-Soo KIM
Hyung-Jin CHOI

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences   Vol.E89-A    No.6    pp.1705-1709
Publication Date: 2006/06/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1337
DOI: 10.1093/ietfec/e89-a.6.1705
Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: Special Section LETTER (Special Section on Papers Selected from 2005 International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC2005))
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Keyword: 
OFDM,  wireless MAN,  frame synchronization,  FFT timing synchronization,  

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Summary: 
In this paper, we propose a robust timing synchronization algorithm for wireless MAN OFDM systems. The proposed algorithm is composed of frame synchronization and FFT timing synchronization. The conventional correlation scheme for estimation of timing offset has an ambiguity in the detection of accurate symbol timing. The proposed scheme, however, shows a clear peak at the correct timing by using the conjugate-symmetric characteristic of preamble and is able to control the FFT window position continuously with the 1-st order loop filter. Simulation results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed algorithm.

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