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Analysis of the Frequency Offset Effect on Zadoff-Chu Sequence Timing Performance

Networking and Internet Architecture 2014-06-16 v1 Information Theory math.IT

Abstract

Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequences have been used as synchronization sequences in modern wireless communication systems, replacing the conventional pseudo-random noise (PN) sequences due to their perfect autocorrelation properties. We first study the ambiguity problem between a timing offset and a frequency offset when a ZC sequence is used as a synchronization signal. We show how a frequency offset can impair the timing property of a ZC sequence, causing irreducible timing errors. An analytical framework is developed, which completely characterizes a ZC sequence's timing behavior and its fundamental limitation as a synchronization sequence in the presence of a frequency offset between the transmitter and the receiver.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1406.3412,
  title  = {Analysis of the Frequency Offset Effect on Zadoff-Chu Sequence Timing Performance},
  author = {Min Hua and Kristo W. Yang and M. Wang and Kingsley J. Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.3412},
  year   = {2014}
}
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