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EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Table 9 Summary of synchronization research in multi-carrier multi-antenna communication systems

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

Article

System

Fading

CSI Req.

CE

Blind/Pilot

Est/Comp

TO/CFO

Bound

Tx/Rx Oscillator

Comments

[199]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Both

Both

Yes

Single/single

 

[175]

MISO

Freq. sel.

Yes

No

N/A

Comp

CFO

N/A

Multiple/single

Alamouti coding

[176]

MISO

Freq. sel.

Yes

No

Pilot

Est

CFO

No

Single/single

IFO est.

[177]

MISO

Freq. sel.

Yes

No

Pilot

Est

CFO

No

Single/single

IFO est.

[178]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

No

Blind

Est

CFO

No

Single/single

 

[200]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

No

Pilot

Est

Both

No

Multiple/multiple

 

[179]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Est

CFO

No

Multiple/multiple

 

[180]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Est

CFO

Yes

Multiple/multiple

Algebraic STC

[181]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Both

CFO

Yes

Single/single

insufficient CP

[182]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Blind

Both

CFO

Yes

Single/single

 

[183]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Both

CFO

No

Multiple/multiple

Time-varying channel

[184]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Est

CFO

Yes

Single/single

 

[185]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Blind

Est

CFO

Yes

Single/single

 

[186]

Coded MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Both

CFO

Yes

Single/single

Doubly sel. channel

[187]

Coded MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Semiblind

Both

CFO

No

Single/single

 

[172]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Est

TO

No

Single/single

 

[188]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Both

CFO

Yes

Multiple/single

 

[201]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

No

Pilot

Both

Both

No

Single/single

Hardware implementation

[202]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Both

Both

Yes

Single/single

 

[189]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Est

CFO

Yes

Single/single

IQ imbalance

[173]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Both

TO

No

Single/single

 

[190]

distributed MISO

Freq. flat

Yes

No

N/A

Comp

CFO

N/A

Multiple/single

Alamouti coding

[191]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Comp

CFO

No

Single/single

SFBC, IQ imbalance

[192]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Est

CFO

No

Single/single

IQ imbalance, PHN, SFO

[193]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

Yes

No

Semiblind

Both

CFO

No

Single/single

 

[174]

MIMO

Freq. flat

No

Yes

Pilot

Est

TO

Yes

Single/single

 

[194]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Comp

CFO

No

Single/single

 

[195]

coded MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Est

CFO

Yes

Single/single

STBC

[203]

distributed MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

No

Pilot

Est

Both

No

Multiple/single

TS design

[196]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

No

Yes

Pilot

Both

CFO

Yes

Single/single

TS design, IQ imbalance

[197]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

Yes

No

Pilot

Both

CFO

No

Single/single

 

[198]

MIMO

Freq. sel.

Yes

Yes

Pilot

Est

CFO

No

Multiple/multiple

Time-varying channel

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