Abstract

In this study, various techniques of UWA (Underwater Acoustic, UWA) channel estimation for underwater MIMO-OFDM system are studied. Dual turbo channel estimation algorithm based on channel puncture technique is proposed. In order to judge the criteria of channel compensation, difference between the raw received signal and the re-coded information signal is carried out. The uncertain sub-channels are punched by using channel puncture technique and replaced by the responses estimated by MMSE (Minimum Mean Square Error, MMSE) or OMP (Orthogonal Matching Pursuit, OMP) algorithms. Compared with the conventional existing algorithms, the proposed algorithm can effectively reduce the occupancy of pilots, offer confined error propagation and significantly increase the stability of the system with Monte Caro simulation. The results of in-tank-experiment further indorse the reliable performance with improved efficiency of 1.51 bits/s/Hz.

Keywords:

Dual turbo channel estimation, MIMO-OFDM, MMSE, OMP, puncture technique, underwater acoustic channel,

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