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Apparatus and method for estimating channel in broadband wireless communication system

US8437436B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 2011
Grant dateMay 7, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/0202
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for channel estimation decrease overhead and hardware complexity while supporting both Wiener-type channel estimation and Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filtering/Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) filtering in a wireless communication system. The apparatus includes a storage unit for storing coefficient sets for a plurality of channel estimation types. A controller selects one of the plurality of channel estimation types according to at least one of a type of a pilot signal and a reliability value of a channel parameter. An N-tap filter, including N multipliers and (N−1) adders, determines channel estimation values of data tones by using the coefficient sets for the selected channel estimation type.

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