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Performance Evaluation of Channel Estimation Scheme for ATSC 3.0 MIMO under Fixed Reception Environment

고정 수신 환경에서 ATSC 3.0 MIMO의 채널 추정 방법에 따른 성능 평가

  • Received : 2019.07.26
  • Accepted : 2019.09.04
  • Published : 2019.09.30
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Abstract

This paper provides performance evaluations of various channel estimation schemes for Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system under a fixed reception environment. ATSC 3.0 MIMO system can obtain high spectral efficiency and improved reception performance compared to conventional terrestrial broadcasting systems. The ATSC 3.0 MIMO defines Walsh-Hadamard and null pilot encoding algorithms and the amplitude and phase of MIMO pilots are different from those of single-input single-output pilots. At the receiver, linear and discrete Fourier transform (DFT)-based interpolations can be used for the channel estimation. This paper provides the various combinations of the interpolation schemes for channel estimation in time and frequency dimensions, and then analyzes the performance of the various combinations through the computer simulation. The results of computer simulation show that the combination of the linear interpolation in the time dimension and then DFT-based interpolation in the frequency dimension can obtain the best performance among the considered combinations.

본 논문에서는 고정 수신 환경에서 ATSC(Advanced Television Systems Committee) 3.0 MIMO(multiple-input multiple-output)의 채널 추정 방법에 따른 성능 평가를 제시하였다. ATSC 3.0 MIMO 시스템은 기존의 지상파 방송 시스템에 비해 높은 주파수 효율성(spectral efficiency)과 향상된 수신 성능을 얻을 수 있다. ATSC 3.0 MIMO의 파일럿 인코딩 알고리즘(pilot encoding algorithm)으로서 Walsh-Hadamard 인코딩과 널 파일럿(null pilot) 인코딩이 정의되어 있고, 단일 입력 단일 출력(single-input single-output)에 비해 크기와 위상이 달라진다. 수신기에서 파일럿 신호에 대한 채널 추정 후 데이터 신호에 대한 채널 추정을 위한 보간(interpolation)이 수행되는데, 이 때 시간 축과 주파수 축에 대해 선형 보간과 DFT(discrete Fourier transform) 기반 보간 방법을 적용할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 시간 축과 주파수 축에 대해 가능한 보간 방법의 조합을 구성한 뒤, 전산 실험을 통해 다양한 보간 방법의 성능을 분석하였다. 전산 실험 결과는 시간 축으로 선형 보간을 먼저 수행한 후 주파수 축으로 DFT 기반 보간을 수행하는 조합이 가장 좋은 성능을 얻을 수 있음을 보여준다.

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Acknowledgement

Grant : Development of Transmission Technology for Ultra High Quality UHD

Supported by : 정보통신기획평가원

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