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Method and apparatus which compensates for channel distortion

US6515713B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 1999
Grant dateFeb 4, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/211
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for compensating for channel distortion is disclosed. In the present invention, equalization is performed in the treating sequence mode when the moving ghost does not exist in the channel and there is no possibility that the equalizer diverges, the data mode is cancelled and the equalization is carried out in the blind mode when the moving ghost does not exist in the channel but there is a possibility that the equalizer diverges, the equalizer is executed in the data mode when there is no possibility that the equalizer diverges but there exists the moving ghost including slowly moving ghosts in the channel, and the equalization is performed in the data mode and blind mode when the moving ghost exists and there is a possibility that the equalizer diverges.

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