Method for estimating a radio channel
US9166829B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 28, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L27/2647
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This method for the estimation of a channel between an emitter and a receiver, where the said emitter emits a signal comprising symbol frames distributed in time and frequency, among which pilot symbols known to the receiver, is characterized in that it comprises the following steps: •—computation (30) of a covariance matrix MF and MT of the channel in the frequency and time domains respectively; •—decomposition (32) of the covariance matrices MF and MT into eigenvectors according to the relations MF−WFHNFWF and MT−WTHNTWT; •—computation (34) of the Kronecker product of the matrices NVF and WT to obtain an eigenvector matrix W; •—computation (34) of a diagonal eigenvalue matrix N equal to the Kronecker product of the eigenvalue matrices NF and NT; and •—estimation of the channel with the help of pilot symbols and matrices W and N using the maximum a posteriori or quadratic error minimisation criterion.
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