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 17 Summary of synchronization research in CoMP-based communication systems

Article	SC/MC	Fading	CSI Req.	CE	Blind/pilot	Est/Comp	TO/CFO	Bound	Type	Comments
[326]	SC	Freq. flat	Yes	No	Pilot	Both	CFO	Yes	CB	Downlink
[332]	SC	Freq. flat	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	Both	No	JT	Downlink, DLC-STC
[323]	SC	Freq. sel.	Yes	Yes	Pilot	Both	TO	No	JT	Downlink
[324]	MC	Not discussed	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	TO	N/A	JT	OFDMA downlink
[327]	MC	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Both	CFO	Yes	CB	MIMO-OFDM downlink
[325]	MC	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Comp	TO	No	TPS	OFDM downlink
[328]	MC	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Semiblind	Both	CFO	No	CB	OFDM uplink
[329]	MC	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Est	CFO	Yes		OFDM downlink, TS design
[330]	MC	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A		OFDM,UFMC uplink
[333]	MC	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Both	Both	No	TPS	OFDM downlink
[331]	MC	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Both	CFO	No	CB	OFDM downlink, DoA est.