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 12 Summary of synchronization research in SC-FDMA uplink communication systems

Article	Fading	CSI Req.	CE	Blind/pilot	Est/Comp	TO/CFO	Bound	Comments
[262]	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Blind	Both	Both	No
[253]	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	Channel Allocation, OFDMA
[254]	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	Interference Cancelation
[255]	Freq. sel.	No	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	MIMO
[256]	Freq. sel.	No	No	Blind	Both	CFO	N/A
[251]	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	Pilot	Both	CFO	No
[257]	Freq. sel.	No	Not req.	Blind	Comp	CFO	No	MIMO AFD-DFE
[258]	Freq. sel.	No	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A
[259]	Freq. sel.	No	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A
[260]	Freq. sel.	No	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	Multi-antenna users and blind beamforming
[261]	Freq. sel.	No	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	MMSE-FDE