Wireless channel estimation

A system and method are disclosed for wireless channel estimation. Estimating the characteristics of a wireless channel includes receiving a plurality of training symbols sent for the purpose of facilitating channel estimation; calculating a phase difference between at least two of the training symb...

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Main Authors Sun, Qinfang, Choi, Won-Joon, Gilbert, Jeffrey M, Wang, Yi-Hsiu
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.11.2009
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Summary:A system and method are disclosed for wireless channel estimation. Estimating the characteristics of a wireless channel includes receiving a plurality of training symbols sent for the purpose of facilitating channel estimation; calculating a phase difference between at least two of the training symbols; using the calculated phase difference to coherently combine the training symbols to produce a composite training symbol; and using the composite training symbol to estimate the channel.