A Carrier Frequency Offset Estimator With Minimum Output Variance for OFDM Systems

Abstract

In this letter, we propose a blind carrier frequency offset (CFO) estimator with high resolution and high bandwidth efficiency for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. The proposed estimator utilizes minimum output variance to estimate CFO. Simulation results show that the proposed estimator is highly accurate and reliable for OFDM systems.