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Channel Estimation and Prediction for Adaptive OFDMA/TDMA Uplinks based on Overlapping Pilots.

Mikael Sternad and Daniel Aronsson, Uppsala University

IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP-05, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005. © IEEE


Outline:
The Swedish Wireless IP project studies problems that are crucial in the evolution of UMTS towards high data rates, as well as in future 4G technologies aimed at rapidly mobile terminals. The goal is to attain higher throughputs for packet data in particular in downlinks, without unnecessary bandwidth expansion and while providing acceptable quality of service for various classes of traffic. This research is also performed within the EU Integrated Project WINNER.

At IEEE VTC-Fall 2003, we presented our concept for an adaptive OFDM downlink in four interrelated papers (see links below). This paper discussed how to perform channel estimation in the corresponding uplinks.

Abstract:
In adaptive wireless packet transmission for multiple users, resources are allocated based on measurement and feedback of the channel qualities. Uplink channels of adaptive OFDM systems that use FDD have to be estimated and predicted based on uplink pilots transmitted by all active users.

To prevent a prohibitive pilot overhead, the use of overlapping (simultaneously transmitted) pilots is considered here. Kalman estimators and predictors can efficiently utilize the channel correlation in time and frequency to obtain estimates.

The estimates have higher error than in the downlink case where overlapping pilots are not needed. However, the estimation and prediction MSE increases rather slowly with the number of simultaneous users. The results indicate that the accuracy is adequate for control of an adaptive transmission loop.

Related publications:
Channel estimation and prediction from a Bayesian perspective Licenciate Thesis by Daniel Aronsson, 2007.
Proc. of the IEEE (Dec. 2007) invited paper on adaptive transmission in beyond-3G wireless systems.
PIMRC 2007, later results on uplink OFDMA channel prediction.
Eusipco 2007, later results on uplink OFDMA channel prediction.

Paper 1 at VTC2003, on adaptive modulation, multiuser diversity and channel variability within bins.
Paper 2 at VTC2003, on the OFDM downlink and cell planning for high SIR.
Paper 3 at VTC2003, on OFDM downlink channel estimation and channel prediction.
Paper 4 at VTC2003, on the impact of prediction errors on the adaptive modulation.
An earlier paper (WWRF 2002) on adaptive uplinks.

An overview of the Wireless IP Project (RVK02)
Channel Power Prediction, by using unbiased predictors and advanced regressor noise reduction (VTC 2002-Fall).
PhD Thesis on channel prediction, by Torbjörn Ekman.

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