Ahmed M. Alaa

Six Algorithms for Frequency Offset Estimation in OFDM Systems

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Author(s)

Ahmed M. Alaa ^1,*

1. ECEE Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Gizah , Egypt

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2014.05.05

Received: 6 Sep. 2013 / Revised: 19 Jan. 2014 / Accepted: 11 Mar. 2014 / Published: 8 Apr. 2014

Index Terms

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), Carrier Frequency Offset (CFO), Frequency Offset Estimation, Frequency Synchronization, Baseband Processing

Abstract

Generally, wireless systems suffer from Carrier Frequency Offsets (CFO), which results either from the receiver’s oscillator’s impairments or Doppler shifts. The frequency offset between transmitter and receiver local oscillator is a main drawback of OFDM systems. A frequency drift in the receiver’s oscillator would result in a frequency offset in the received signal, this offset consists of two parts: a Fine offset, as a fraction of OFDM subcarrier spacing, and a Coarse offset that is equal to an integer multiple of the subcarrier spacing. Coarse offsets results in two problems; firstly, the modulation symbols are located on the wrong frequency bins, secondly, the pilots used for channel estimation are misplaced leading to a faulty channel estimate and severe signal distortion by the Equalizer. Fine Offsets result in a loss of orthogonality and thus ICI (Inter-Carrier Interference), as the frequency bin of a certain modulation symbol would contain some information about the neighboring symbol bin.

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Ahmed M. Alaa, "Six Algorithms for Frequency Offset Estimation in OFDM Systems", International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science(IJITCS), vol.6, no.5, pp.36-42, 2014. DOI:10.5815/ijitcs.2014.05.05

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