ABSTRACT

Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) is broadly considered as an efficient approach

to replace FFT in the conventional OFDM systems due to its better time-frequency
localization, bit error rate improvement, interference minimization, improvement in
bandwidth efficiency and many more advantages. In this project, Discrete Wavelet
Transform based channel estimation method is proposed. The conventional Discrete
Fourier Transform (DFT) based approach will cause energy leakage in multipath channel
with non-sampled-spaced time delays. Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) based channel
estimator can mitigate aliasing error and high frequency distortion. Wavelet based
systems provide better spectral efficiency because of no cyclic prefix requirement, with
narrow side lobes and also exhibit improved BER performance. Meanwhile, channel
estimation in wavelet based multicarrier systems still remains a big challenge. In this
work an investigation into the performance of discrete wavelet transform based
multicarrier system using zero forcing equalization in time domain is presented. The
proposed system shows superior BER and MSE performance compared to Discrete
Fourier Transform and Discrete Cosine Transform based channel estimator.