Adaptive Blind Channel Estimation for MIMO-OFDM Systems Based on PARAFAC

Abstract EN

In order to track the changing channel in multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) systems, it is prior to estimate channel impulse response adaptively.

In this paper, we proposed an adaptive blind channel estimation method based on parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC).

We used an exponential window to weight the past observations; thus, the cost function can be constructed via a weighted least squares criterion.

The minimization of the cost function is equivalent to the decomposition of third-order tensor which consists of the weighted OFDM data symbols.

To reduce the computational load, we adopt a recursive singular value decomposition method for tensor decomposition; then, the channel parameters can be estimated adaptively.

Simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm under diverse signalling conditions.