DETERMINING RESPONSES OF RAPIDLY VARYING MIMO-OFDM COMMUNICATION CHANNELS USING OBSERVATION SCALARS

摘要

In an embodiment, a channel estimator includes first, second, and third stages. The first stage is configurable to generate a first observation scalar for a first communication path of a first communication channel, and the second stage is configurable to generate a second observation scalar for a first communication path of a second communication channel. And the third stage is configurable to generate channel-estimation coefficients in response to the first and second observation scalars. For example, such a channel estimator may use a recursive algorithm, such as a Vector State Scalar Observation (VSSO) Kalman algorithm, to estimate the responses of channels over which propagate simultaneous orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexed (OFDM) signals (e.g., MIMO-OFDM signals) that suffer from inter-carrier interference (ICI) due to Doppler spread. Such a channel estimator may estimate the channel responses more accurately, more efficiently, with a less-complex algorithm, and with less-complex software or circuitry, than conventional channel estimators.