We present a novel framework for line-of-sight (LoS) delay-Doppler (DD) estimation in dense scattering propagation environments. We present two time-frequency (TF) domain pilot sequences inspired by the Zadoff-Chu sequence that exhibit desirable autocorrelation properties. Further, we present a twisted convolution-based approach for LoS DD estimation directly from the TF-domain received signal, avoiding an additional TF to DD transformation, which is commonly found in literature. Numerical results from simulations demonstrate that the proposed framework significantly outperforms traditional single-carrier Zadoff-Chu sequences in both delay and Doppler estimation over a wide range of Rician fading factor and SNR values.
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@article{arxiv.2604.22478,
title = {Time-Frequency Pilot Sequence Design and LoS Delay-Doppler Estimation},
author = {Aadarsh Devanand and Praful D. Mankar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.22478},
year = {2026}
}