The achievable bit error rate of a linear equalizer is crucially determined by the choice of a decision delay parameter. This brief paper presents a simple method for the efficient determination of the optimal decisio...The achievable bit error rate of a linear equalizer is crucially determined by the choice of a decision delay parameter. This brief paper presents a simple method for the efficient determination of the optimal decision delay parameter that results in the best bit error rate performance for a linear equalizer. Keywords Linear equalizer - decision delay - bit error rate Eng Siong Chng received his university education at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland (BEng 1991, PhD 1995). After his PhD, he spent 6 months in Japan, working as a researcher for Riken. After working in industry in Singapore for 7 years, he joined the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University in 2003. His research interests are in digital signal processing for communication applications, speech and handwriting recognition and noise reduction.Sheng Chen obtained a BEng degree in control engineering from the East China Petroleum Institute, Dongying, China, in 1982, and a PhD degree in control engineering from the City University at London in 1986. He joined the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton in September 1999. He previously held research and academic appointments at the Universities of Sheffield, Edinburgh and Portsmouth. Dr Chen is a Senior Member of the IEEE in the USA. His recent research works include adaptive nonlinear signal processing, modeling and identification of nonlinear systems, neural networks and machine learning, finite-precision digital controller design, evolutionary computation methods and optimization. He has published over 200 research papers. In the database of the world’s most highly cited researchers in various disciplines, compiled by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) of the USA, Dr Chen is on the list of highly cited researchers in the category that covers all branches of engineering subject, see www.ISIHighlyCited.com.展开更多
文摘The achievable bit error rate of a linear equalizer is crucially determined by the choice of a decision delay parameter. This brief paper presents a simple method for the efficient determination of the optimal decision delay parameter that results in the best bit error rate performance for a linear equalizer. Keywords Linear equalizer - decision delay - bit error rate Eng Siong Chng received his university education at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland (BEng 1991, PhD 1995). After his PhD, he spent 6 months in Japan, working as a researcher for Riken. After working in industry in Singapore for 7 years, he joined the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University in 2003. His research interests are in digital signal processing for communication applications, speech and handwriting recognition and noise reduction.Sheng Chen obtained a BEng degree in control engineering from the East China Petroleum Institute, Dongying, China, in 1982, and a PhD degree in control engineering from the City University at London in 1986. He joined the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton in September 1999. He previously held research and academic appointments at the Universities of Sheffield, Edinburgh and Portsmouth. Dr Chen is a Senior Member of the IEEE in the USA. His recent research works include adaptive nonlinear signal processing, modeling and identification of nonlinear systems, neural networks and machine learning, finite-precision digital controller design, evolutionary computation methods and optimization. He has published over 200 research papers. In the database of the world’s most highly cited researchers in various disciplines, compiled by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) of the USA, Dr Chen is on the list of highly cited researchers in the category that covers all branches of engineering subject, see www.ISIHighlyCited.com.
