This paper investigates the design of joint frequency
offset and carrier phase estimation of a multi-frequency time division
multiple access (MF-TDMA) demodulator that is applied to
a digital video broadcasting—return channel system via satellite
(DVB-RCS). The proposed joint estimation algorithm is based on
the interpolation technique for two correlation values in the frequency
and phase domains. This simple interpolation technique
can significantly improve frequency and phase resolution capabilities
of the proposed technique without increasing the number of
the correlation values. In addition, the overall block diagram of a
digital communications receiver for DVB-RCS is presented, which
was designed using the proposed estimation algorithms.
Index Terms—Carrier phase estimation, DVB-RCS, frequency
offset estimation, interpolation, joint estimation, MF-TDMA.
