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Equalizer with extended channel estimation for a receiver in a digital transmission system

US6002716A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 1997
Grant dateDec 14, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/0236
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital transmission system comprising a receiver, the receiver including a receiver input stage and a digital memory for storing a sequence of binary symbols of sample values, formed in the receiver input stage, of a signal distorted by a transmission channel, and an equalizer for forming a sequence of binary estimates from the sample values by an impulse response of a substitute system describing the transmission channel, the impulse response being determined by first correlations of coefficients of a known training sequence with the sample values of a part of the known training sequence extended by at least one binary symbol. To make a channel estimation possible for a higher degree of the impulse response of the transmission channel, and also to carry out the channel estimation always with a maximum quality, a variable first correlation window size and a variable number of first correlations are used for adapting the impulse response of the substitute system to the impulse response of the transmission channel. A reduction of the correlation window size enables more cross-correlation values to be formed with one sequence of sample values, so that an increase of the degree of t…

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