A two-dimensional multipath channel estimator for CDMA systems with timing-offset errors

This letter proposes a two-dimensional pilot-aided channel estimator for multicarrier and single carrier cyclic prefix assisted code division multiple access systems in the presence of timing-offset errors. Using optimal training sequences with special cyclic correlation properties can minimize the timing offset errors. Optimal and binary sub-optimal training sequences are designed in this context. Both theoretic analysis and simulation studies demonstrate significant performance improvement for the proposed method over conventional frequency domain channel estimation methods.