Channel estimation and compensation for preamble-assisted DAPSK transmission in digital mobile radio system

Abstract

This paper presents a novel channel estimation and compensation technique, combining fading estimation and frequency offset estimation, for preamble-assisted differentially encoded amplitude- and phase-shift keying (DAPSK) transmission in the digital mobile radio system. The received preamble symbols are used to estimate the combined distortions caused by multipath fading and frequency offset. The detected data symbols as well as preamble symbols are used to enhance the accuracy of the estimation process. The combined distortions can be compensated in the data symbols at the same time. The storage-delay time of the estimation process is only several symbols long. A series of computer simulations have been carried out to investigate the bit error rate performances of the preamble-assisted 16-DAPSK signals with uncertain frequency offset in the frequency-nonselective and frequency-selective Rayleigh fading channels.