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[1] Xu WenhuYang GuangqiLiu JinHong Wei,. Robust frame synchronization method for FDD-LTE systems [J]. Journal of Southeast University (English Edition), 2011, 27 (3): 239-243. [doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2011.03.002]
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Journal of Southeast University (English Edition)[ISSN:1003-7985/CN:32-1325/N]

Volumn:
27
Issue:
2011 3
Page:
239-243
Research Field:
Information and Communication Engineering
Publishing date:
2011-09-30

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Title:
Robust frame synchronization method for FDD-LTE systems
Author(s):
Xu WenhuYang GuangqiLiu JinHong Wei
State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Keywords:
frame synchronization long term evolution cell search channel estimation
PACS:
TN929.5
DOI:
10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2011.03.002
Abstract:
The primary synchronization signal and the secondary synchronization signal are respectively used to fulfill the sub-frame and frame synchronization in the long term evolution(LTE)systems. Based on the assumption that the channel frequency response of the primary synchronization signal symbol is nearly the same as that of the secondary synchronization symbol in frequency division duplex-LTE(FDD-LTE), a new synchronization method is proposed. The frame synchronization success probability is simulated in different wireless channel models and the Mento-Carlo method is used in the simulation. Simulation results show that if the LMMSE channel estimation is adopted, the proposed method is robust at a low signal noise ratio(SNR)scenario and works well when carrier frequency offset and fast Fourier transform(FFT)window timing offset are considered in practical applications. The frame synchronization success probability can still exceed 99% with an SNR of 0 dB when the maximum Doppler shift is very large, which means that this robust frame synchronization method can be applicable in most mobile situations. Simulation results also show that the success probability of the proposed frame synchronization method is higher than that of the method which fulfills the frame synchronization through correlating the received secondary synchronization symbol with local sequences in practical applications.

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Biographies: Xu Wenhu(1980—), male, graduate; Hong Wei(corresponding author), male, doctor, professor, weihong@seu.edu.cn.
Citation: Xu Wenhu, Yang Guangqi, Liu Jin, et al. Robust frame synchronization method for FDD-LTE systems[J].Journal of Southeast University(English Edition), 2011, 27(3):239-243.[doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2011.03.002]
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