Iterative channel estimation for non-binary LDPC-coded OFDM signals

Abstract

This work tackles the issue of channel estimation in the context of non-binary-LDPC-coded OFDM systems over doubly-selective multipath channels. The properties of channel encoding are exploited to derive an iterative Wiener-filter-based estimation method using both time and frequency channel correlation. The proposed algorithm can use either soft information or hard decisions fed back by the decoder to refine the channel estimation, so as to improve the system performance at the expense of an increased receiver complexity. Simulation results under typical working conditions are presented to compare the proposed method with classical techniques.