Pilot-Aided Frame Synchronization in Optical OFDM Systems

Funmilayo B. Offiong; Sinan Sinanovic; Wasiu O. Popoola

doi:10.3390/app10114034

Pilot-Aided Frame Synchronization in Optical OFDM Systems

Funmilayo B. Offiong^*, Sinan Sinanovic, Wasiu O. Popoola

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Abstract

Efficient frame synchronization is essential for data recovery in communication systems. In this study, a single pilot sequence is used to achieve both frame synchronization and peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction. The two systems considered are direct-current biased optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DCO-OFDM) and asymmetrically clipped O-OFDM (ACO-OFDM). The pilot symbol is allocated to odd indexed subcarriers only. Thus, the synchronization algorithm leverages the mirror symmetric property of the pilot symbol within a frame to detect the start of the pilot signal at the receiver. This scheme has low complexity and gives precise frame synchronization at signal-to-noise ratios as low as 4 dB in an indoor visible light communication (VLC) channel.

Original language	English
Article number	4034
Number of pages	9
Journal	Applied Sciences
Volume	10
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/app10114034
Publication status	Published - 11 Jun 2020

Keywords

optical OFDM; pilot symbol; frame synchronization; symbol timing estimation; correlation-based method; optical wireless communication

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