The application discloses a time and
carrier frequency synchronization method and
system based on joint correlation of a
preamble and a prefix. Aiming at a
MIMO-OFDM downlink
system with one-bit quantization, the application provides a time and
carrier frequency synchronization method based on joint correlation of a
preamble and a prefix, which is used for realizing accurate synchronization of time and carrier frequency of the
system and reducing
estimation errors of time offset (STO) and
carrier frequency offset (CFO). The method is as follows: step 1, calculating correlation values and ratios of a
preamble symbol and prefixes of OFDM symbols except for a first symbol, the preamble symbol and a last symbol, to obtain an estimated value of the STO; and step 2, estimating a phase shift of the preamble symbol and the prefixes of the OFDM symbols except for the first symbol, the preamble symbol and the last symbol to obtain an estimated value of the CFO. The application can effectively reduce the
estimation errors of the STO and the CFO, reduce a
bit error rate of the system, improve system performance and has good
realizability.