“DFT Based Channel Estimation for OFDM Systems”

A report on major project work Phase I

Submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirements for

the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

in

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

by

M. Neeraj kumar B16EC170

M. Sai Sreekar B16EC147

K. Ravi teja B16EC146

P. Anurag B16EC167
Under the guidance of

V. Shobhan Reddy
Asst. Professor, Department of ECE

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, WARANGAL

(An Autonomous Institute under Kakatiya University, Warangal)

WARANGAL – 506015

2019-2020

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 KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, WARANGAL

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the project work entitled “DFT Based Channel Estimation for
OFDM Systems” is the bonafide project work phase I carried out by M. Neeraj Kumar, M. Sai
Sreekar, K. Ravi Teja and P. Anurag bearing Roll.Nos. B16EC170, B16EC147, B16EC146
and B16EC167 respectively, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of degree of
the Bachelor of Technology from Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal
during the academic year 2019-2020.

Project Guide Head of the Department

V. Shobhan Reddy, Dr. B. Ramadevi

Asst. Professor, Professor & Head,

Dept. of ECE, Dept. of ECE,

KITS, Warangal. KITS, Warangal.

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 DECLARATION

We declare that the work presented in this project report is original and has been carried out in the
Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science,
Warangal, Telangana, and to best of our knowledge it has been not submitted elsewhere for any degree.

M. Neeraj Kumar

Roll No. B16EC170

M. Sai Sreekar

Roll No. B16EC147

K. Ravi Teja

Roll No. B16EC146

P. Anurag

Roll No. B16EC167

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We express our deepest sense of gratitude and indebtedness to our project guide
V. Shobhan Reddy, Asst. Professor, Dept. of ECE, KITS, Warangal for having been a source of
consistent inspiration, precious guidance and generous assistance during project work. We
deem it as a privilege to have worked under his able guidance. Without his close monitoring and
valuable suggestions this work wouldn’t have taken this shape. We feel that this help is not
substitutable and unforgettable.

We are thankful to B. Tech Project work Convener, Smt. S. P. Girija, Associate Professor, Dept.
of ECE, KITSW, Project work Coordinators R. Srikanth, Assistant Professor, B. Narsimha,
Assistant Professor and P. Chiranjeevi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, KITSW for timely
conduction of seminars.

We are profoundly thankful to Dr. B. Ramadevi, Professor & Head, Dept. of ECE for her constant
support and encouragement.

We express our sincere thanks to Dr. K. Ashoka Reddy, Principal, KITS, Warangal, for his kind
gesture and support.

We are indebted to the Management of Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal,
for providing the necessary infrastructure and good academic environment in an endeavour to
complete the project and special thanks for providing Department Library of ECE and Digital
Library to access IEEE papers.

We would like to acknowledge the faculty and non-teaching staff of Electronics and
Communication Engineering Department.

M. Neeraj Kumar

M. Sai Sreekar

K. Ravi Teja

P. Anurag

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 ABSTRACT

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a method of digital signal

modulation in which a single data stream is split across several separate narrowband channels
at different frequencies to reduce interference and crosstalk. This method reduces interference
among symbols and makes it easier to receive each symbol accurately while maintaining the
same throughput.

OFDM technology was first conceived of in the 1960s and 1970s during research into
minimizing interference among channels near each other in frequency and to achieve clean
data transmission in situations prone to interference and signal corruption when more
conventional modulation schemes are used.

In this project, we use DFT based channel estimation. The discrete Fourier transform
(DFT) –based channel estimation can get a better performance by a time domain processing.
In this paper, we proposed an improved DFT based channel estimation which suppresses the
noise by a new threshold setting method. The computational complexity of DFT estimation
method is much lower than the previous algorithms. Using this algorithm, the noise can be
efficiently eliminated with very small loss of channel leakage power.

OFDM is used in Wi-Fi, DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) internet access, 4G wireless
communications, and digital television and radio broadcast services.

Software Requirements : Matlab.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter Content Page.No.

Title Page i
Certificate ii
Declaration iii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract v
Table of Contents vi
List of figures vii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Literature Review 2
Chapter 3 Objectives of the Project 4
Chapter 4 Block Diagram 5
Chapter 5 Generator Block Diagram 7
Chapter 6 Matlab Code 8
Chapter 7 Matlab Simulation Result 10
Chapter 8 Status of Project 14
Chapter 9 Timeplan Scheduled for Project 14

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 LIST OF FIGURES

S.No. Figure Name Page. No.

4.1 Block Diagram 5

5.1 Generator Block Diagram 7
7.1 Plot of Sub Carrier Index 10
7.2 Plot of Random Signal 10
7.3 Plot of Reshaped Signal 11
7.4 Plot of Input IFFT Signal 11
7.5 Plot of Output IFFT Signal 12
7.6 Plot of st Signal 12
7.7 Plot of Transmit Spectum of OFDM Signal 13

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