Pilot-aided channel estimation for OFDM/OQAM

OFDM/offsetQAM is an interesting alternative to classical OFDM modulation, as it does not require the use of guard interval. This characteristic makes its spectral efficiency optimal. On the other hand, this modulation is less robust to Rayleigh fading channel. Indeed, when classical channel estimation used for OFDM modulation is applied straightforwardly to OFDM/OQAM modulation, an intrinsic inter-symbol-interference is observed. This deeply degrades its performances. In this paper, we theoretically explain this phenomenon and propose a reliable method to significantly reduce it. Results of different methods of pilot-aided channel estimation over delay-Doppler channels are shown in this paper.