The invention belongs to the field of communication technology, and particularly to a weak OFDM
subcarrier number
estimation method based on random
resonance. The method comprises the steps of settinga sampling frequency, wherein the sampling frequency is N times of a lowest sampling frequency, wherein N is not less than 50; selecting a bistable random
resonance system parameter; for aiming at asignal which passes a bistable random
resonance system, calculating a
cepstrum and / or performing
Haar wavelet transformation, and calculating an actual
subcarrier number. The method of the invention is based on a
cepstrum method and a
wavelet improvement method. A random resonance method is used for reinforcing the weak OFDM
signal. Compared with a traditional method, the weak OFDM
subcarrier number
estimation method has advantages of increasing an output
peak value, improving detecting performance, reducing
signal-to-
noise ratio threshold, exerting an
advantage on the condition of severe channel environment, improving
estimation precision, improving
algorithm performance for estimating the number of OFDM
signal subcarriers to a relatively high extent, performing certain
advantage on the condition of low signal-to-
noise ratio, realizing better effectiveness and robustness, and performing an important function for restoring information of the OFDM
signal on the condition of low signal-to-
noise ratio, etc.