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Method and apparatus for fast determination of initial transversal equalizer coefficient values

US4047013A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 1, 1976
Grant dateSep 6, 1977
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Expiry dateJul 1, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/03038
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining the initial values of the coefficients of a transversal equalizer for a synchronous data transmission system, wherein a training sequence is transmitted to allow the equalizer coefficients to be adjusted to optimum initial values. According to the method, a sequence (v.sub.i) of L elements v.sub.i, having a periodic autocorrelation function, only the first coefficient of which is not zero, is derived from a periodic binary pseudo-random sequence (u.sub.i) of L binary elements u.sub.i having a periodic autocorrelation function, the first coefficient of which is equal to L and each of the other coefficients are equal to -1. Then, the sequence (v.sub.i) is transmitted through the transmission channel and the initial values of the equalizer coefficients are derived from the received sequence. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the initial values of the equalizer coefficients are derived from the received sequence through a direct method which involves the calculation of the autocorrelation matrix of samples of the transmission channel impulse responses.

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