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Variable Guard Interval Based on Maximum Delay Estimation for Adaptive OFDM Systems

Naoto SASAOKA, Hideaki TANAKA, Yuki ISHIKAWA, Takaharu NAKANISHI, Yoshio ITOH

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In orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system, a guard interval (GI) is used to remove the inter-symbol interference (ISI) due to a multipath channel. It is difficult to set an optimal GI length in the environment whose multipath varies. In this paper, we propose a variable guard interval based on the estimated maximum delay of a multipath channel. The maximum delay is estimated from a channel impulse response (CIR), which is estimated by a preamble symbol. However, since the estimated CIR includes the noise, it is difficult to decide the optimal GI. In order to solve the problem, we introduce the method which selects the path whose signal to noise ratio is high. Additionally, the information of the optimal GI length is required to be transmitted from a receiver to a transmitter. In this paper, we use an acknowledgment (ACK) frame for the feedback of the GI information.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals Vol.E92-A No.11 pp.2862-2865
Publication Date
2009/11/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1337
DOI
10.1587/transfun.E92.A.2862
Type of Manuscript
Special Section LETTER (Special Section on Smart Multimedia & Communication Systems)
Category
Communication Theory and Systems

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