학술논문

LoS Sensing-Based Channel Estimation in UAV-Assisted OFDM Systems
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett. Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE. 13(5):1320-1324 May, 2024
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
Signal Processing and Analysis
Sensors
OFDM
Vectors
Wireless communication
Autonomous aerial vehicles
Wireless sensor networks
Kurtosis
Channel estimation (CE)
line-of-sight (LoS) sensing
detection threshold
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
Language
ISSN
2162-2337
2162-2345
Abstract
In unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems, the potential advantage of the line-of-sight (LoS) path, characterized by its high probability of existence, has not been fully harnessed, thereby impeding the improvement of channel estimation (CE) accuracy. Inspired by the ideas of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), this letter develops a LoS sensing method aimed at detecting the presence of LoS path. Leveraging the prior information obtained from LoS path detection, the detection thresholds for resolvable paths are proposed for LoS and Non-LoS (NLoS) scenarios, respectively. By employing these specifically designed detection thresholds, denoising processing is applied to classical least square (LS) CE, thereby improving the CE accuracy. Simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed method in enhancing CE accuracy and demonstrate its robustness against parameter variations.