• DocumentCode
    1073186
  • Title

    Pilot embedding for joint channel estimation and data detection in MIMO communication systems

  • Author

    Zhu, Haidong ; Farhang-Boroujeny, Behrouz ; Schlegel, Christian

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    30
  • Lastpage
    32
  • Abstract
    A novel pilot-aided joint channel estimation and data detection method for MIMO communication systems is proposed. Unlike, conventional methods where pilots are time-multiplexed with data symbols, a pilot-embedding method where low-level pilots are transmitted concurrently with the data is used to obtain an initial estimate of the channel such that a turbo decoding process can be started. The soft information obtained from the turbo decoder is subsequently used to improve channel estimates.
  • Keywords
    MIMO systems; channel capacity; channel coding; channel estimation; decoding; turbo codes; MIMO communication systems; channel estimates; joint channel estimation and data detection; low-level pilots; pilot embedding; soft information; turbo decoding; Bandwidth; Channel capacity; Channel estimation; Cities and towns; Fading; Iterative decoding; MIMO; Rayleigh channels; Turbo codes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2002.807434
  • Filename
    1159885