Apparatus and method for determining pilot pattern in a broadband wireless access communication system

An apparatus and method for determining a pilot pattern in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system are provided. In the pilot pattern determining method, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) demodulator generates frequency-domain data by fast-Fourier-transform (FFT)-pr...

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Main Authors LEE, JONG-HYEUK, SEO, JONG-SOO, PAIK, WON-KYU, CHO, MYEON-KYUN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 04.07.2007
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Summary:An apparatus and method for determining a pilot pattern in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system are provided. In the pilot pattern determining method, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) demodulator generates frequency-domain data by fast-Fourier-transform (FFT)-processing a received signal. A pilot pattern decider calculates a coherence bandwidth and a coherence time using subcarrier values received from the OFDM demodulator, and selects one of a plurality of pilot patterns according to the ratio of the coherence bandwidth to the coherence time.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20060124823