Timing and carrier synchronization in wireless communication systems: a survey and classification of research in the last 5 years

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Table 14 Summary of synchronization research in CDMA communication systems

Article	SC/MC	Fading	CSI Req.	CE	Blind/pilot	Est/Comp	TO/CFO	Bound	Comments
[294]	SC	Freq. flat	Yes	No	Blind	Est	CFO	No
[295]	SC	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	Spreading code design
[296]	MC	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	Pilot	Comp	CFO	No	Multiuser detector
[297]	MC	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	N/A	Comp	CFO	N/A	Multiuser detector
[298]	MC	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Blind	Both	CFO	No	STBC MIMO
[299]	MC	Freq. sel.	Yes	No	Pilot	Comp	CFO	No
[300]	MC	Freq.sel.	Yes	No	Blind	Both	CFO	No
[301]	MC	Freq. sel.	No	Yes	Pilot	Comp	CFO	N/A