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Downlink Synchronization

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In this chapter, we present a framework for link performance evaluation of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) downlink with imperfect carrier frequency synchronization.

This work has been carried out while she was at the Institute of Telecommunications, TU Wien.

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    More details on synchronization issues can be found in the PhD thesis of Qi Wang, available at http://theses.eurasip.org/theses/470/performance-evaluation-of-practical-ofdm-systems/download/.

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Wang, Q. (2016). Downlink Synchronization. In: The Vienna LTE-Advanced Simulators. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0617-3_2

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