New Efficient Timing and Frequency Error Estimation In OFDM

Abstract

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technique is being applied extensively to high data rate digital transmission as it is a bandwidth efficient modulation scheme. In OFDM system, intersymbol interference (ISI) and intercarrier interference (ICI) occur due to synchronization errors. Fast, simple and robust synchronization algorithms are necessary for OFDM systems. In OFDM downlink transmission, every terminal perform synchronization by exploiting reference symbols called training symbols of received frame. In this paper we are presenting very simple method of synchronization which uses training symbol to determine timing and frequency synchronization error. Proposed synchronization techniques result in better performance with respect to all the parameters despite being simple.