Title
Architecture Based on Array Processors for Data-Dependent Superimposed Training Channel Estimation
Abstract
Channel estimation is a challenging problem in wireless communication systems because of users mobility and limited bandwidth. A plethora of methods based on pilot assisted transmissions (PAT) have been proposed in most practical systems to overcome this problem, but with the penalty of extra bandwidth consumption for training. Channel estimation based on superimposed training (ST) has emerged as an alternative in recent years because it saves valuable bandwidth by adding a training periodic sequence to the data signal instead of multiplexing them. However, although ST and one of its variants, known as data dependent ST (DDST), have been an active research topic, only few physical implementations of such estimators have been reported to date. In this work a full-hardware architecture based on array processors (AP) for DDST channel estimation is presented and it is compared with previous approaches. The design was described using Verilog HDL and targeted in Xilinx Virtex-5 XC5VLX110T. The synthesis results showed a slices consumption of 3% and a frequency operation of the 115 MHz. A Monte Carlo simulation demonstrates that the mean square error (MSE) of the channel estimator implemented in hardware is practically the same than the one obtained with the floating-point golden model. The high performance and reduced hardware of the proposed channel estimator allows us to conclude that it can be utilized in practical DDST receivers developments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/ReConFig.2011.15
ReConFig
Keywords
Field
DocType
ddst channel estimation,channel estimator,training periodic sequence,valuable bandwidth,practical ddst receivers development,extra bandwidth consumption,proposed channel estimator,array processors,dependent st,channel estimation,data-dependent superimposed training channel,limited bandwidth,mean square error,field programmable gate arrays,hardware,systolic array,vectors,monte carlo methods,floating point,monte carlo simulation,hardware architecture,fpga
Computer science,Field-programmable gate array,Communication channel,Mean squared error,Real-time computing,Bandwidth (signal processing),Verilog,Multiplexing,Periodic sequence,Estimator
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.41
6
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
E. Romero-Aguirre131.11
R. Parra-Michel2235.19
Roberto Carrasco-Alvarez3285.80
A. G. Orozco-Lugo4385.16