Frequency-domain oversampling for zero-padded OFDM in underwater acoustic communications

Zhaohui Wang, Shengli Zhou, Georgios B. Giannakis, Christian R. Berger, Jie Huang

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Abstract

Although time-domain oversampling of the received baseband signal is common for single-carrier transmissions, the counterpart of frequency-domain oversampling is rarely used for multicarrier transmissions. In this paper, we explore frequency-domain oversampling to improve the system performance of zero-padded OFDM transmissions over underwater acoustic channels with large Doppler spread. We use a signal design that enables separate sparse channel estimation and data detection, rendering a low complexity receiver. Based on both simulation and experimental results, we observe that the receiver with frequency-domain oversampling outperforms the conventional one considerably in channels with moderate and large Doppler spreads, and the gain increases as the Doppler spread increases. Although a raised-cosine pulse-shaping window can be used to improve the system performance relative to a rectangular window at the expense of data rate reduction, the performance gain is much less than that brought by frequency-domain oversampling in the considered OFDM system for Doppler spread channels.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2010 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM 2010
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)9781424456383
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event53rd IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2010 - Miami, FL, United States
Duration: Dec 6 2010Dec 10 2010

Publication series

NameGLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Other

Other53rd IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMiami, FL
Period12/6/1012/10/10

Keywords

  • Doppler spread
  • Frequency-domain oversampling
  • Inter-carrier interference
  • OFDM
  • Zero-padding

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