The invention relates to a synchronization and channel response
estimation method which is applicable to an OFDM
system, the technical proposal is as follows: a maximum likelihood criterion ML-based cost function for the symbol timing synchronization, the
carrier frequency synchronization and the
channel parameter joint
estimation is proposed by using an OFDM
system model under a frequency selective
fading channel and against the requirements on the accuracy of the transmission of high-
quality information of the next generation of
wireless communication
system and the existing OFDM
wireless communication system. A system architecture and a strategy of joint
estimation symbols of timing offset Theta,
carrier frequency offset Epsilon and
channel impulse response h are derived from the cost function. The method comprises the following steps of carrying out the coarse synchronization and the channel response estimation and carrying out the fine synchronization and the calculation of a channel estimated value. The method can realize the balance between the calculation precision and the calculation complexity, increase or reduce the times of the iteration of the fine synchronization according to an actual system, reduce the interference during the
wireless transmission, further improve the reliability of the system and improve the availability of the system.