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Iterative Refinement Methods for Time-Domain Equalizer Design

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Commonly used time domain equalizer (TEQ) design methods have been recently unified as an optimization problem involving an objective function in the form of a Rayleigh quotient. The direct generalized eigenvalue solution relies on matrix decompositions. To reduce implementation complexity, we propose an iterative refinement approach in which the TEQ length starts at two taps and increases by one tap at each iteration. Each iteration involves matrix-vector multiplications and vector additions with matrices and two-element vectors. At each iteration, the optimization of the objective function either improves or the approach terminates. The iterative refinement approach provides a range of communication performance versus implementation complexity tradeoffs for any TEQ method that fits the Rayleigh quotient framework. We apply the proposed approach to three such TEQ design methods: maximum shortening signal-to-noise ratio, minimum intersymbol interference, and minimum delay spread.

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Arslan, G., Lu, B., Clark, L.D. et al. Iterative Refinement Methods for Time-Domain Equalizer Design. EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process. 2006, 043154 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/ASP/2006/43154

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