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Partially-blind Estimation of Reciprocal Channels for AF Two-Way Relay Networks Employing M-PSK Modulation

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Abstract

We consider the problem of channel estimation for amplify-and-forward two-way relays assuming channel reciprocity and M-PSK modulation. In an earlier work, a partially-blind maximum-likelihood estimator was derived by treating the data as deterministic unknowns. We prove that this estimator approaches the true channel with high probability at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) but is not consistent. We then propose an alternative estimator which is consistent and has similarly favorable high SNR performance. We also derive the Cramer-Rao bound on the variance of unbiased estimators.

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@article{arxiv.1202.3468,
  title  = {Partially-blind Estimation of Reciprocal Channels for AF Two-Way Relay Networks Employing M-PSK Modulation},
  author = {Saeed Abdallah and Ioannis N. Psaromiligkos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.3468},
  year   = {2012}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures