Title :
Maximum likelihood open loop carrier synchronizer for digital radio
Author :
Classen, Ferdinand ; Meyr, Heinrich ; Sehie, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Aachen Univ. of Technol., Germany
Abstract :
The problem of carrier synchronization frequency offset is considered. New frequency estimation algorithms for the data-aided (DA), the decision directed (DD), and the nondata-aided (NDA) mode are derived from the maximum likelihood principle. Their performance is assessed by both analysis and simulation, and the error variance is compared to the Cramer-Rao bound. The resulting open-loop system for estimating and correcting frequency and carrier phase for a coherent M-ary phase shift keying (MPSK) transmission system is presented and verified. Implementation issues like filter functions and nonlinearities are addressed. It is found that the proposed structures provide optimal synchronization at high SNR and robust synchronization even at low SNR
Keywords :
digital radio; digital simulation; frequency estimation; maximum likelihood estimation; phase estimation; phase shift keying; robust control; synchronisation; Cramer-Rao bound; carrier synchronization frequency offset; coherent M-ary phase shift keying; digital radio; error variance; filter functions; frequency estimation algorithms; maximum likelihood principle; nonlinearities; open-loop system; optimal synchronization; robust synchronization; simulation; Analysis of variance; Analytical models; Digital communication; Frequency estimation; Frequency shift keying; Frequency synchronization; Maximum likelihood estimation; Performance analysis; Phase estimation; Phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1993. ICC '93 Geneva. Technical Program, Conference Record, IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0950-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1993.397313