Iterative Phase-Based Frequency Estimation with Extended Threshold and Estimation Range at Moderate Complexity

Abstract

In previous works, many efficient phase-based estimators with small computational complexity have been proposed. Most of them suffer from a very high threshold - i.e. below a certain signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) the estimator variance increases rapidly. Most of the approaches that improve the threshold are quite complex or have a limited estimation range. In a previous paper it was shown that iterative frequency offset estimation schemes can achieve a low threshold at a moderate complexity. Here we show how they can be combined with different estimators to achieve a faster convergence rate. This enables the construction of estimators that can easily be adapted to different requirements concerning estimation range, performance, and complexity