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In this letter, we propose a novel channel transfer function (CTF) estimation approach for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems in high-mobility scenarios, that leverages the stationary properties of the delay-Doppler…

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In this paper, the problem of pilot beam pattern design for channel estimation in massive multiple-input multiple-output systems with a large number of transmit antennas at the base station is considered, and a new algorithm for pilot beam…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-17 Song Noh , Michael D. Zoltowski , Youngchul Sung , David J. Love

The recent proposed affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) employing a multi-chirp waveform has shown its reliability and robustness in doubly selective fading channels. In the existing embedded pilot-aided channel estimation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-17 Kai Zheng , Miaowen Wen , Tianqi Mao , Lixia Xiao , Zhaocheng Wang

In this paper, we propose a novel cross-domain channel estimation (CDCE) algorithm for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems, leveraging the unique characteristics of the delay-Doppler (DD) domain channel. Specifically,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Mingcheng Nie , Ruoxi Chong , Shuangyang Li , Weijie Yuan , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Michail Matthaiou , Giuseppe Caire , Yonghui Li

Conventional delay-Doppler (DD) communication and sensing systems require transmitting pilot frames at every channel coherence time interval in order to keep track of channel variations at the cost of spectral efficiency. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-09 Nishant Mehrotra , Sandesh Rao Mattu , Robert Calderbank

In this paper, we investigate preamble designs for channel estimation, that jointly address the estimation efficiency in terms of MSE of the channel estimates, and the OOB radiation of the transmit preambles. We provide two novel design…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-01-12 Gourab Ghatak , Maximilian Matthé , Adrish Banerjee , Gerhard P. Fettweis

This paper presents a novel and efficient wireless channel estimation scheme based on a tapped delay line (TDL) model of wireless signal propagation, where a data-driven machine learning approach is used to estimate the path delays and…

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The recently developed affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) can achieve full diversity in doubly selective channels, providing a comprehensive sparse representation of the delay-Doppler domain channel. Thus, accurate channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-02 Yu Zhou , Haoran Yin , Nanhao Zhou , Yanqun Tang , Xiaoying Zhang , Weijie Yuan

Pilot-aided channel estimation is nowadays a standard component in each wireless receiver enabling coherent transmission of complex-valued constellations, only affected by noise and interference. Whenever these disturbances are sufficiently…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-12-15 Philipp Walk , Henning Becker , Peter Jung

The superimposed pilot transmission scheme offers substantial potential for improving spectral efficiency in MIMO-OFDM systems, but it presents significant challenges for receiver design due to pilot contamination and data interference. To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Xinjie Li , Xingyu Zhou , Yixiao Cao , Jing Zhang , Chao-Kai Wen , Xiao Li , Shi Jin

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a multi-chirp waveform and a promising solution for ultra-reliable communication under doubly dispersive channels. In this paper, we propose two pilot aided channel estimation schemes for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-24 Haoran Yin , Yanqun Tang

How to reduce the pilot overhead required for channel estimation? How to deal with the channel dynamic changes and error propagation in channel prediction? To jointly address these two critical issues in next-generation transceiver design,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-12 Zirui Chen , Zhaoyang Zhang , Zhaohui Yang , Chongwen Huang , Merouane Debbah

Massive MIMO communication systems, by virtue of utilizing very large number of antennas, have a potential to yield higher spectral and energy efficiency in comparison with the conventional MIMO systems. In this paper, we consider uplink…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-30 Alam Zaib , Mudassir Masood , Anum Ali , Weiyu Xu , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

Orthogonal time frequency space modulation (OTFS) is currently one of the most robust modulation techniques for high Doppler channels. However, to reap the benefits of OTFS, an accurate channel estimation is crucial. To this mean, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-16 Danilo Lelin Li , Sanoopkumar P. S. , Arman Farhang

Channel estimation is one of the most important parts in current mobile communication systems. Among the huge contributions in channel estimation studies, the discrete Fourier transform (DFT)-based channel estimation has attracted lots of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-29 H. Yu , C. Yang

An accurate channel estimation is crucial for the novel time domain synchronous orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (TDS-OFDM) scheme in which pseudo noise (PN) sequences serve as both guard intervals (GI) for OFDM data symbols and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-12-12 Ming Liu , Matthieu Crussière , Jean-François Hélard

Current backscatter channel estimators employ an inefficient silent pilot transmission protocol, where tags alternate between silent and active states. To enhance performance, we propose a novel approach where tags remain active…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-04 Fatemeh Rezaei , Diluka Galappaththige , Chintha Tellambura , Amine Maaref

We propose a novel deep learning-based channel estimation technique for high-dimensional communication signals that does not require any training. Our method is broadly applicable to channel estimation for multicarrier signals with any…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-23 Eren Balevi , Jeffrey G. Andrews

Joint-channel carrier-phase estimation can improve the performance of multichannel optical communication systems. In the case of pilot-aided estimation, the pilots are distributed over a two-dimensional channel--time symbol block that is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-25 Arni F. Alfredsson , Erik Agrell , Magnus Karlsson , Henk Wymeersch

Pixel-based fluid antennas provide enhanced multiplexing gains and quicker radiation pattern switching than traditional designs. However, this innovation introduces challenges for channel estimation and analog precoding due to the…

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