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An iterative pilot-data-aided estimator for SFBC relay-assisted OFDM-based systems
| dc.contributor.author | Neves, Darlene | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ribeiro, Carlos | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, Adão | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gameiro, Atílio | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-27T13:34:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-10-27T13:34:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-04-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this article, we propose and assess an iterative pilot-data-aided channel estimation scheme for space frequency block coding relay-assisted OFDM-based systems. The relay node (RN) employs the equalise-and-forward protocol, and both the base station (BS) and the RN are equipped with antenna arrays, whereas the user terminal (UT) is a single-antenna device. The channel estimation method uses the information carried by pilots and data to improve the estimate of the equivalent channels for the path BS-RN-UT. The mean minimum square error criterion is used in the design of the estimator for both the pilot-based and data-aided iterations. In different scenarios, with only one data iteration, the results show that the proposed scheme requires only half of the pilot density to achieve the same performance of non-data-aided schemes. | eng |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors acknowledge the support of the European project CODIV–FP7/ICT/2007/215477, the Portuguese projects CADWIN–PTDC/EEA-TEL/099241/2008 and CROWN–PTDC/EEA-TEL/115828/2009, and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) grant for D. Neves. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Neves et al. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2012, 2012:74 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1687-6180-2012-74 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1687-6180 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/14378 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Antenna arrays | |
| dc.subject | Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing | |
| dc.title | An iterative pilot-data-aided estimator for SFBC relay-assisted OFDM-based systems | eng |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 1 | |
| oaire.citation.title | EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 2012 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Ribeiro | |
| person.givenName | Carlos | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-7484-6779 | |
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