Timing and carrier synchronization in wireless communication systems: a survey and classification of research in the last 5 years

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Table 11 Summary of synchronization research in multi-carrier cooperative communication systems

Article	Network	DF/AF	DL	Fading	CSI Req.	CE	Blind/pilot	Est/Comp	TO/CFO	Bound	Comments
[247]	OWRN	AF	No	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Est	TO	No	Ranging method
[246]	OWRN	AF	No	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Comp	CFO	No
[243]	OWRN	AF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	SFCC
[244]	OWRN	AF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	Alamouti coding
[245]	OWRN	AF	Yes	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Est	CFO	Yes	PHN
[225]	OWRN	Both	No	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Both	CFO	No	OSTBC
[242]	OWRN	AF	Yes	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A
[226]	OWRN	DF	Yes	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	Pilot	Est	CFO	No
[238]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	Pilot	Both	Both	No
[239]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	Pilot	Est	Both	No
[227]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	Pilot	Both	CFO	No	SFBC
[228]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	SFBC
[229]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Est	CFO	Yes
[230]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Est	CFO	No
[231]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	Pilot	Both	CFO	No	Alamouti coding
[232]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	STC
[233]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	SFBC
[234]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A
[235]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Both	CFO	No
[236]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	DLC-SFC
[240]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	Pilot	Est	Both	No
[237]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	SFBC
[241]	OWRN	DF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	Pilot	Est	Both	No
[248]	TWRN	AF	No	Freq. sel.	No	No	Pilot	Est	CFO	Yes	TS design
[249]	TWRN	AF	No	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Both	CFO	No
[250]	TWRN	AF	No	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Est	CFO	N/A