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A Detection Method for An OFDM Signal Distorted by I/Q Imbalance

I/Q 불균형에 의하여 왜곡된 OFDM 신호의 검출방식

  • 박경원 (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부 디지털통신 연구실) ;
  • 조용수 (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부 디지털통신 연구실)
  • Published : 2005.01.01
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Abstract

In this paper, after analyzing the effect of I/Q imbalance in an OFDM system, the detection method of an OFDM signal distorted by I/Q imbalance is proposed. Also, the channel estimation and the pilot symbol design scheme are proposed for using the proposed detection method. Since I/Q imbalance in an OFDM system degrades the SIR and the BER(Bit Error Ratio) performance, the robust detection method is required for an OFDM system. the proposed detection method can effectively suppress the interference caused by I/Q imbalance using characteristics of an OFDM signal differently from the conventional method, and results in improving the SIR of a desired OFDM signal.

본 논문에서는 OFDM(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) 시스템에서 I/Q(In-phase/Quadrature) 불균형에 의한 영향을 분석하고 I/Q 불균형이 발생하는 경우에 신호를 검출하는 방식을 제안한다. 또한, 제안된 검출방법을 위한 채널 추정 방식 및 파일럿 신호를 설계하는 방식을 제안한다. OFDM 시스템에서 I/Q 불균형은 SIR(Signal to Interference Noise Ratio)을 감소시켜, 성능을 열화시키므로 강건한 검출방식이 요구된다. 제안된 검출방식은 기존의 방식과 달리, I/Q 불균형에 의하여 발생되는 OFDM 신호의 특성을 이용하여 신호를 검출함으로써 SIR 손실을 줄이며 I/Q 불균형에 의한 영향을 효과적으로 억제할 수 있다.

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