| 摘要 |
An apparatus and method for estimation of channel state information in OFDM receivers. According to the invention, a noise power estimator is provided to evaluate an average noise power estimate on a sub-carrier of an OFDM symbol. Furthermore, a channel power calculator is provided to calculate a channel power on the sub-carrier from a channel response estimate. By calculating a ratio of the channel power to the average noise power estimate of the sub-carrier, a CNR calculator can estimate a carrier-to-noise ratio on the sub-carrier. Based on the carrier-to-noise ratio of the sub-carrier and a predetermined threshold, a CSI generator thus determines a CSI estimate for the sub-carrier. If the carrier-to-noise ratio of the sub-carrier is less than the predetermined threshold, the CSI estimate for the sub-carrier is set to the carrier-to-noise ratio of the sub-carrier divided by the predetermined threshold; otherwise, it is set to one.
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