The capability of Least square (LS) and least minimum mean squared error (LMMSE) channel estimation techniques are limited due to one or two factors (inherent additive Gaussian noise and Inter Carrier Interference, higher computational complexity). These factors tend to be severe when the system grows in terms of numbers of transmitting and receiving antennas, channel parameters, noise etc. Accurate channel parameters estimation using these techniques is still not possible even with smaller Multi input multi output (MIMO) systems at higher signal to noise ratios (SNR) due to complex nature of channel parameters. Swarm Intelligence consisting of agents spread in search space having limited capabilities and random behaviour when interacts with each other and within their own locality are capable of finding solution for a complex problem. When the constructive behaviour of such particles in particle swarm optimization (PSO) within the search space limited to some constraint is applied to optimize the performance of 3D-Pilot Aided Channel Estimation (3D-PACE) of MIMO-OFDM system, results showed that the bit error rate (BER) is significantly decreased. The channel parameters at the receiver obtained using LS and LMMSE are further optimized using PSO with proper and careful setting of PSO initial parameters. Keywords:bit error rate, 3D-PACE, multi input multi output, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, particle swarm optimization

<p>This paper aims, a 3D-Pilot Aided Multi-Input Multi-Output Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) Channel Estimation (CE) for Digital Video Broadcasting -T2 (DVB-T2)for the 5 different proposed block and comb pilot patterns model and performed on different antenna configuration. The effects of multi-transceiver antenna on channel estimation are addressed with different pilot position in frequency, time and the vertical direction of spatial domain framing. This paper first focus on designing of 5- different proposed spatial correlated pilot pattern model with optimization of pilot overhead. Then it demonstrates the performance comparison of Least Square (LS) &amp;Linear Minimum Mean Square Error (LMMSE), two linear channel estimators for 3D-Pilot Aided patterns on different antenna configurations in terms of Bit Error Rate. The simulation results are shown for Rayleigh fading noise channel environments. Also, 3x4 MIMO configuration is recommended as the most suitable configuration in this noise channel environments.</p>

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A high transmission rate can be obtained using Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) model. The most commonly used 3D-pilot aided channel estimation (PACE) techniques are Least Square (LS) and Least Minimum Mean Square (LMMSE) error. Both of the methods suffer from high mean square error and computational complexity. The LS is quite simple and LMMSE being superior in performance to LS providing low Bit Error Rate (BER) at high Signal to Noise ratio (SNR). Artificial Intelligence when combined with these two methods produces remarkable results by reducing the error between transmission and reception of data signal. The essence of LS and LMMSE is used priory to estimate the channel parameters. The bit error so obtained is compared and the least bit error value is fine-tuned using particle swarm optimization (PSO) to obtained better channel parameters and improved BER. The channel parameter corresponding to the low value of bit error rate obtained from LS/LMMSE is also used for particle initialization. Thus, the particles advance from the obtained channel parameters and are processed to find a better solution against the lowest bit error value obtained by LS/LMMSE. If the particles fail to do so, then the bit error value obtained by LS/LMMSE is finally considered. It has emerged from the simulated results that the performance of the proposed system is better than the LS/LMMSE estimations. The performance of OFDM systems using proposed technique can be observed from the imitation and relative results.

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