“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. We are thankful to Name of the Lab Assistant, Lab Assistant, Name of the
laboratory for his help and cooperation during our project work.

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
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Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Literature Review 4
Chapter 3 Objectives of the Project 7
Chapter 4 Methodology (Chapter name may be changed) 9
4.1 Details of the Design (Sub heading may be changed) 10
4.2 Xxxxxxxxx 11
Chapter 5 Implementation of the Project (Chapter name may be 12
changed)
Chapter 6 Results (if any) 14
Chapter 7 Status of the Project Work 16
Time Plan scheduled for completion of the project 20
*Number of chapters may be increased

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 LIST OF FIGURES

S.No. Figure Name Page. No.

1.1 Name of the figure no 1.1 2

1.2 Name of the figure no 1.2 3
2.1 Name of the figure no 2.1 4

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