Iterative blind and non-blind channel estimation in GSM receivers

Channel estimation plays a leading role in wireless communication systems such as GSM (Global System for Mobile communications). Putting the main emphasis on investigating the application of non-blind and blind channel estimation approaches to the identification of a full rate data Traffic CHannel (TCH/F9.6), we present a new idea of an iterative channel estimation based upon the capabilities of channel coding. We show that this method leads to a significantly improved performance especially for high speed propagations with Doppler frequencies up to 500 Hz. Giving the bit error rates (BERs) before and after channel decoding in terms of the E~/sub b//N/sub 0/ ratio, we show, furthermore, that blind channel estimation schemes could be as efficient as non-blind methods.