Apparatus and method for estimating a velocity of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system

Abstract

Apparatus and method are provided in a BS (Base Station) apparatus of a mobile communication system including a velocity estimator for estimating a velocity of a mobile station (MS) and a channel estimator for performing channel estimation using a plurality of channel estimation coefficients according to a control signal of the velocity estimator. The apparatus and method comprise estimating reception performance of individual channel estimation coefficients of the channel estimator, and selecting boundary frequencies of a plurality of Doppler frequency bands corresponding to a channel estimation coefficient having the best reception performance; measuring a power spectrum associated with a minimum number of frequency indexes capable of classifying the plurality of Doppler frequency bands; and controlling a detection position such that a Doppler frequency boundary value measured when a weight value is applied to the measured power spectrum approximates a desired Doppler frequency boundary value.