Effective Low-Complexity Optimization Methods for Joint

Phase Noise and Channel Estimation in OFDM

ABSTRACT

Phase noise correction is crucial to exploit full advantage of orthogonal

frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) in modern high-data-rate
communications. OFDM channel estimation with simultaneous phase noise
compensation has therefore drawn much attention and stimulated continuing efforts.
Existing methods, however, either have not taken into account the fundamental
properties of phase noise or are only able to provide estimates of limited applicability
owing to considerable computational complexity. In this paper, we have
reformulated the joint phase noise and channel estimation problem in the time
domain as opposed to existing frequency-domain approaches, which enables us to
develop much more efficient algorithms using the majorization-minimization
technique. In addition, we propose two methods based on dimensionality reduction
and regularization, respectively, that can adapt to various phase noise levels and
SNR and achieve much lower estimation errors than the benchmarks without
incurring much additional computational cost. Several numerical examples with
phase noise generated by free-running oscillators or phase-locked loops demonstrate
that our proposed algorithms outperform existing methods with respect to both
computational efficiency and mean squared error within a large range of signal-to-
noise ratios.

EXISTING SYSTEM
Monte Carlo method, Convex Optimization.
PROPOSED SYSTEM
We have proposed efficient algorithms for the joint phase noise and channel
estimation in OFDM. The algorithms are devised based on the majorization-
minimization technique and apply to two canonical models of phase noise—Wiener
process and Gaussian process. To properly address the underdetermined nature in
the original estimation problem, dimensionality reduction and regularization have
been proposed with similar MM algorithms provided. The simulation results have
shown that when the same dimensionality reduction is employed, our proposed
algorithms achieve the same MSE as that of the benchmark but consume much less
time. By further selecting the optimal dimensionality reduction with BIC or
imposing appropriate regularization, our proposed algorithms produce significantly
better estimates for moderate SNR without demanding much additional computation
time. It is expected that in modern applications of OFDM, where a large number of
subcarriers are deployed, the advantage of our methods should be outstanding.

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