期刊名称:Journal of King Saud University @?C Computer and Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN:1319-1578
出版年度:2022
卷号:34
期号:8
页码:5734-5745
语种:English
出版社:Elsevier
摘要:In this paper, we propose a time-synchronization method for non-contiguous orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (NC-OFDM) systems. NC-OFDM is a modulation and multiplexing technique that is often used for cognitive radio (CR) systems. In OFDM-based CR systems, time synchronization is limited by a number of challenges: multipath channels with a high delay spread, a narrowband interference (NBI), and minimal number of subcarriers. Indeed, the proposed method addresses these problems since it does not require information on subcarriers nor the NBI center frequency; moreover, it works well on the multipath channel with a high delay spread.