Research Article

Improved Pilot-Aided Channel Estimation for MIMO-OFDM Fading Channels

Table 1

Six-path OFDM channel model.

Path numberTap number Tap power (dBm), Path power (dBm)Excess delay (n s)Path factorFreq. offset ( ) in HzSpectrum half-width ( ) in HzSpectrum shape

11 0, 102−0.042400264.6Freq. shift
21−24.89200−75.6476.3Rounded
31−21.89200−37.81001.7Flat
42−6.5−6.5507.301088.6Rounded
53−14.4−14.41004.701266.3Rounded
64−17.5−17.51503.601266.3Rounded