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Int. J. Communications, Network and System Sciences, 2012, 5, 387-391 / 10.4236/ijcns.2012.57048 Published Online July 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ijcns) Channel Estimation for Powerline MC-CDMA System Thiyagu Kathiyaiah Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, Melaka, Malaysia Email: thiyagu@.my Received June 24, 2011; revised August 12, 2011; accepted June 14, 2012 ABSTRACT Successful development of broadband over powerline is obviously a potential solution for wired communication sys- tems with the existence of the powerline network. From past research, it is known that the powerline channel suffers from multipath fading, frequency selectivity and also impulsive noise. Multi Carrier Code Division Multiple Access (MC-CDMA) is a promising solution for an impulsive noise powerline channel. This paper starts with the MC-CDMA transmitter structure and focuses on powerline channel model, noise model and various types of available channel esti- mators. The main concern in Powerline Communication Systems is the existence of impulsive noise. The proposed pilot assisted channel estimation uses the modified least square estimator that reduces the effect of impulsive noise in the estimated channel impulse response. Keywords: Channel Estimation; MC-CDMA; PLC; LS 1. Introduction reflections are caused by the joints of the house service cables, house connection boxes, and the joints at series Power line communication or power line carrier (PLC) is connections of cables with different characteristic impe- a system fo