6th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

A New Carrier Frequency Synchronization Scheme for OFDMA Downlink of WiMAX

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158138,
        author={Pengcheng Mu and Lichang Xue and Wenjie Wang and Qinye Yin},
        title={A New Carrier Frequency Synchronization Scheme for OFDMA Downlink of WiMAX},
        proceedings={6th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2012},
        month={3},
        keywords={carrier frequency offset estimation synchronization ofdm wimax ofdma},
        doi={10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158138}
    }
    
  • Pengcheng Mu
    Lichang Xue
    Wenjie Wang
    Qinye Yin
    Year: 2012
    A New Carrier Frequency Synchronization Scheme for OFDMA Downlink of WiMAX
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158138
Pengcheng Mu1,*, Lichang Xue1, Wenjie Wang1, Qinye Yin1
  • 1: Xi'an Jiaotong University
*Contact email: mupengcheng@gmail.com

Abstract

A new scheme of the carrier frequency synchronization in the OFDMA downlink of WiMAX is proposed in this paper. The proposed method utilizes the preamble structure and the properties of the Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to estimate the carrier frequency offset (CFO) without the knowledge of the content about the actual transmitted preamble. An iterative scheme is proposed to eliminate the influence of the wireless multipath channel to the estimated result. Simulation results show that the proposed method is suitable for the carrier frequency synchronization in the frequency-selective fading channel.