Decision feedback equalisation system with low error propagation.

摘要

For avoiding error propagation as a result of decision feedback equalization, the data to be transmitted are coded with a coder 2 which has a transfer function substantially inverse to the transfer function of the channel 4. Consequently, instantaneous decisions about the received symbol may be made at the receiver 6 without intersymbol interference causing a disturbance. If the channel transfer function differs from the transfer function of the precoder 2, intersymbol interference will again occur, so that the symbol error rate will increase. In order to restrict this increase of the symbol error rate as much as possible, the receiver comprises a cascaded circuit of an adaptive filter 18 which has an inverse transfer function to that of the channel and a decoder 21 which has a inverse transfer function to that of the precoder 2. <IMAGE>