<p>This thesis discusses and investigates the estimation of carrier offset frequency in</p><p>orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) mobile systems. The investigation</p><p>starts by using Mobile WiMAX wireless communication specifications described</p><p>in IEEE 802.16e as the primary system setup. Under this setup orthogonal</p><p>frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) is used as a physical layer scheme; it</p><p>also involves the use of pilots in the OFDM symbol for channel estimation.</p><p>Although OFDM is resistant to multipath fading, it requires a high degree of synchronisation</p><p>to maintain sub-carrier orthogonality. Therefore the level of performance</p><p>of the system depends first on the accuracy in estimating the carrier frequency</p><p>offset and then the estimation of the channel. Maximum likelihood estimator</p><p>is used for estimating carrier frequency offset; its performance under different conditions</p><p>for example SNR, number of virtual carriers needed for estimation etc. are</p><p>simulated and compared with theoretical results. The optimality of IEEE 802.16e</p><p>specifications was also examined during the simulations and results analysis.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:kau-343 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Osesina, Olukayode Isaac, Zhang, Yafan, Pagoti, Shirisha |
| Publisher | Karlstad University, Division for Information Technology, Karlstad University, Division for Information Technology, Karlstad University, Division for Information Technology |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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