A METHOD OF EQUALIZATION IN A RECEIVER OF SIGNALS HAVING PASSED A TRANSMISSION CHANNEL

摘要

In an equalizer of the DFE type (Decision Feedback Equalizer) for equalization in a receiver for electromagnetic signals having passed a transmission channel, a plurality of weight factors or tap coefficients is used in a feedforward part as well as in a feedback part. Values based on an estimate of the impulse response of the channel are selected as a start condition of these coefficients. The estimate values are used in complex conjugated state in the feedforward part, which corresponds to a so-called matched filter, and the autocorrelation of the estimate of the channel impulse response is used in the feedback part. Detection of the data bits can begin at an optional training sequence and proceed from this. The estimate of the impulse response of the channel may also be used for synchronization, and the received signals may be phase or frequency adjusted before detection.