An ISI Suppressing Method for SIMO-OFDM System Utilizing the Characteristic of the ETP-OFDM Model

Quoc-Anh VU  Yoshio KARASAWA 

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications  Vol.E92-B  No.1  pp.268-276
Publication Date: 2009/01/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Wireless Communication Technologies
Keyword: 
OFDM,  SIMO,  adaptive array,  ETP model,  Intersymbol interference, 

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Summary: 
This paper proposes a Inter-symbol Interference (ISI) suppressing method For Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system. In the environments where the delay spread exceeds the guard interval, the occurrence of ISI results in a degradation of system performance. A receiving method based on the Equivalent Transmission Path (ETP) model is proposed for Single-Input Multiple-Output (SIMO) OFDM system. Compared to the receiving scheme using Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC) method, the proposed one shows better performance in suppressing errors due to ISI. The paper also points out that the ETP-based model can be used for detecting the desired signal in the multi-user OFDM system. Simulation results of the system performance show the effectiveness of the proposed method over the conventional OFDM system in suppressing ISI.