A digital synchronizer for linearly modulated signals transmitted over a frequency-nonselective fading channel

A digital carrier recovery structure which allows coherent detection on frequency-nonselective fading channels is presented. The synchronizer estimates the multiplicative distortion introduced by the channel. It is shown that the structure is superior to a phase-locked loop and is well suited for a fully digital realization. A detailed synchronizer design and simulation results are presented for a land-mobile radio channel. This includes a novel scheme for a fully digital frequency offset estimation and correction.<>