Estimation of a multipath signal in a wireless communication system

摘要

Described herein is a method and system for estimating a time-varying multipath communication channel. The system comprises a receiver for receiving a signal comprising a data packet transmitted over the multipath communication channel. The system also comprises a frequency-domain channel estimator that generates a frequency-domain channel estimate based on the received signal. The system further comprises a time-domain channel modeller that receives the frequency-domain channel estimate and generates an estimate of parameters in a time-domain model of the multipath communication channel. The model characterizes the multipath communication channel as a delay line with a plurality of taps, each tap having tap parameters defining a delay, a Doppler and a gain for the tap. The tap parameters are constant over the data packet.

主权项

1. A method of estimating a time-varying multipath OFDM communication channel, the method comprising:
receiving a frequency-domain channel estimate of the multipath communication channel, the frequency-domain channel estimate deriving from an OFDM data packet transmitted over the multipath communication channel; and, based on the frequency-domain channel estimate generating an estimate of tap parameters in a time-domain model of the multipath communication channel, the time-domain model characterising the multipath communication channel as a delay line with a plurality of taps, each tap having tap parameters defining a delay, a Doppler and a complex gain for the tap, wherein the estimated tap parameters are constant for the duration of the data packet.