5th International ICST Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems

Research Article

Channel Estimation for Indoor Diffuse Optical OFDM Wireless Communications

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/BROADNETS.2008.4769121,
        author={Seyyed kamal Hashemi and Zabih Ghassemlooy and L. Chao and D. Benhaddou},
        title={Channel Estimation for Indoor Diffuse Optical OFDM Wireless Communications},
        proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={MAC  cooperative diversity  multi-rate wireless networks  performance analysis},
        doi={10.1109/BROADNETS.2008.4769121}
    }
    
  • Seyyed kamal Hashemi
    Zabih Ghassemlooy
    L. Chao
    D. Benhaddou
    Year: 2010
    Channel Estimation for Indoor Diffuse Optical OFDM Wireless Communications
    BROADNETS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/BROADNETS.2008.4769121
Seyyed kamal Hashemi1,*, Zabih Ghassemlooy1,*, L. Chao2,*, D. Benhaddou3,*
  • 1: Optical Communications Research Group, NCRLab, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  • 2: Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 3: Engineering Technology Department, College of Technology, University of Houston, USA
*Contact email: seyyedkamal.hashemi@unn.ac.uk, fary.ghassemlooy@unn.ac.uk, enluchao@polyu.edu.hk, dbenhadd@central.uh.edu

Abstract

Pilot insertion for channel estimation in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a promising technique for broadband/high data rate wireless communications. In indoor diffuse optical wireless links, channel impulse response depends on the location of the receiver. For links to offer mobility tracking is essential which can be complex to implement. In this paper we propose channel estimation to allow receiver mobility. We have examined channel estimation with different interpolation methods for OFDM system and compared the symbol error rates (SER) performance.