Channel Estimation Techniques for Multicarrier OFDM 5G Wireless Communication Systems

Abstract

The fifth-generation (5G) communication system is supposed to include a huge amount of mobile data traffic and number of wireless connections, for improved spectrum efficiency, quality of service (QoS), reliability, and security. This paper studies channel estimation techniques in multicarrier orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexing (OFDM) 5G wireless communication systems in Rayleigh and Rician channels. Proposed M-estimator based channel estimation technique in comparison with classical least squares (LS) and linear minimum mean-squared error (LMMSE) estimation is studied and analyzed. An M-estimator is proposed for robustification of channel estimation technique in Rayleigh and Rician fading channels. Simulation results are provided and the comparison shows the performance gains achieved by the proposed technique over LS and MMSE estimation in multicarrier OFDM 5G wireless communication systems.