Frame synchronization for PSAM on Rayleigh fading channels

Author

Gansman, J.A. ; Fitz, M.P. ; Krogmeier, J.V.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

Oct. 30 1995-Nov. 1 1995

Firstpage

260

Abstract

Pilot symbol assisted modulation (PSAM) is a method to reduce the effects of fading in mobile communications by periodically inserting known symbols in the data stream. The receiver uses these pilot symbols to derive its amplitude and phase reference. One aspect of this procedure which has not received much attention in the literature is the method used by the receiver to locate the pilot symbols. This paper satisfies that need by investigating optimum and sub-optimum frame synchronization techniques for the case of an M-QAM data symbol set and a PSK pilot sequence.

Keywords

synchronisation; M-QAM data symbol set; PSAM; PSK pilot sequence; Rayleigh fading channels; amplitude reference; data stream; mobile communications; optimum frame synchronization techniques; phase reference; pilot symbol; pilot symbol assisted modulation; receiver; sub-optimum frame synchronization techniques; AWGN channels; Demodulation; Detectors; Fading; Frequency synchronization; Matched filters; Mobile communication; Partial transmit sequences; Pulse modulation; Rayleigh channels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems and Computers, 1995. 1995 Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth Asilomar Conference on

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA, USA

ISSN

1058-6393

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7370-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSSC.1995.540552

Filename

540552