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Apparatus and method for estimating delay spread of multi-path fading channel in OFDM system

US8121206B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 18, 2008
Grant dateFeb 21, 2012
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L27/2647
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus for estimating a delay spread of a multi-path fading channel in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system. The apparatus is applied to an OFDM receiver including a channel equalization unit compensating channel distortion by estimating channel distortion at pilot locations with respect to output signals of an FFT unit.

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