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Iterative interference mitigation and channel estimation for LDACS1

  • Qiaoyu Li
  • , Jun Zhang
  • , Jindong Xie
  • , Mohamad Mostafa
  • , Michael Schnell
  • Beihang University
  • German Aerospace Center

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Abstract

Within the Future Communications Infrastructure (FCI), the L-band Digital Aeronautical Communications System (LDACS) has been specified as the air-to-ground data link technology. Being one of the two LDACS candidates recommended for further study by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), LDACS1 is a frequency-division duplex (FDD) broadband system exploiting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). Due to signals from coexisting L-band radio systems, LDACS1 has to work under impulsive interference. In this paper, we study the iterative interference mitigation and channel estimation techniques for LDACS1, based on soft-input soft-output (SISO) demodulation and decoding schemes. We use a simple time-domain blanking nonlinearity to mitigate impulsive noise, which introduces inter-carrier interference (ICI) in frequency domain. To improve the performance, iterative decoding (ID) is carried out between a SISO demodulator and a SISO decoder, based on the Turbo principle. By taking into consideration imperfect channel state information (CSI), we design our iterative receiver with two loops, i.e., the inner loop for ID and the outer loop for interference mitigation and CSI estimation. We analyze the performance of the proposed iterative receiver by using bit-error rate (BER) simulations and extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) charts.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE/AIAA 33rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference, DASC
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages3B21-3B211
ISBN (Electronic)9781479950010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Dec 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event33rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference, DASC 2014 - Colorado Springs, United States
Duration: 5 Oct 20149 Oct 2014

Publication series

NameAIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)2155-7195
ISSN (Electronic)2155-7209

Conference

Conference33rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference, DASC 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityColorado Springs
Period5/10/149/10/14

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