Title : 
Optimizing the number of pilot symbols for OFDM systems
         
        
            Author : 
Sheng, Bin ; Wang, Laili ; Chen, Lan
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Nat. Mobile Commun. Res. Lab., Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, the optimal number of pilot symbols for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems is determined based on the criterion of minimizing the loss in mean capacity, and the simulation results that verify the analysis are presented.
         
        
            Keywords : 
OFDM modulation; channel capacity; OFDM systems; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems; pilot symbols; Channel estimation; Delay; Mobile communication; OFDM; Optimized production technology; Signal to noise ratio; Simulation; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); capacity; pilot symbol;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Information Theory and Information Security (ICITIS), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Beijing
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-6942-0
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICITIS.2010.5689796