Estimation of Phase Noise Based on In-Band and Out-of-Band Frequency Domain Pilots
Journal article, 2022

We present a solid foundation for the theory and practice of using pilot tones for estimation and compensation of phase noise in a communication link. We analyze several phase estimators and illustrate their pros and cons, and we derive the necessary optimal signal-to-pilot-power relationship when the transmitted power is shared between the communication signal and the pilot tone. We show that the optimal signal-to-pilot-power ratio increases with decreasing phase noise and with increased additive noise.

Symbols

phase noise estimation

Synchronization

frequency domain pilots

Phase noise

Receivers

continuous wave pilots

Thermal noise

Phase estimation

Wireless communication

carrier synchronization

Bandwidth

Author

Björn Gävert

Ericsson

Thomas Eriksson

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

IEEE Transactions on Communications

0090-6778 (ISSN) 15580857 (eISSN)

Vol. 70 7 4780-4792

Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)

Telecommunications

Signal Processing

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/TCOMM.2022.3171809

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