This paper investigates Carrier Frequency Offset (CFO) estimation in the uplink of the Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) systems with the interleaved subcarrier assignment. CFOs between the transmitters and the uplink receiver will destroy orthogonality among different subcarriers, hence resulting in inter-carrier interference and multiuser interference. A two-stage frequency offset estimation algorithm based on subspace processing is proposed. The main advantage of the proposed method is that it can obtain the CFOs of all users simultaneously using only one OFDMA block. Compared with the previously known methods, it not only has a relatively low implementation complexity but is also suitable for random subchannel assignment.
为了实现采用交织子载波分配方法的正交频分多址(orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access,OFDMA)上行链路多个用户频偏的联合估计,提出一种基于子空间的两阶段频偏搜索方法。由于多重信号分类法(multiple signal characteristic,MUSIC)的采用,使得该方法具有较高的精确度,并且该方法不需要知道接入的用户个数及用户所占用的子信道;因此适用于随机分配子信道的情况。仿真结果表明:当信噪比大于5 dB时,其标准均方根误差小于子载波间隔的1%,满足宽带无线接入系统关于载波频率偏差应小于子载波间隔2%的频率同步要求。
This paper reports an investigation of the carrier frequency offset （CFO） compensation in the uplink of the orthogonal frequency division multiple access （OFDMA） system with interleaved subcarrier assignment. The presence of CFOs between the transmitters and the uplink receiver will destroy the orthogonality among the different subcarriers, resulting in inter-carrier interference and multiuser interference. This paper proposes a pseudoinverse CFO compensation method based on the signal structure. The proposed method can compensate the CFOs of all users simultaneously and isolate the signals from all users at the same time. Compared with the existing CFO compensation methods, the new method provides a considerable signal-to-noise ratio gain on the bit error rate performance and has a relatively low implementation complexity.
