Joint receiving mechanism based on blind equalization with variable step size for M-QAM modulation

The problem of inter symbol interference（ ISI） in wireless communication systems caused by multipath propagation when using high order modulation like M-Q AMis solved. Since the wireless receiver doesn＇t require a training sequence,a blind equalization channel is implemented in the receiver to increase the throughput of the system. To improve the performances of both the blind equalizer and the system,a joint receiving mechanismincluding variable step size（ VSS） modified constant modulus algorithms（ MC-MA） and modified decision directed modulus algorithms（ MD DMA） is proposed to ameliorate the convergence speed and mean square error（ MSE） performance and combat the phase error when using high order QAM modulation. The VSS scheme is based on the selection of step size according to the distance between the output of the equalizer and the desired output in the constellation plane. Analysis and simulations showthat the performance of the proposed VSS-MCMA-MD DMA mechanismis better than that of algorithms with a fixed step size. In addition,the MCMA-MDDMA with VSS can performthe phase recovery by itself.

Blind equalization of underwater acoustic channel using a combined constant modulus algorithm

A kind of Combined Constant Modulus Algorithm (CCMA) is presented to compensate the defects of the Constant Modulus Algorithm (CMA) and the Sign Error CMA (SECMA). And CCMA is applied to the equalization of the underwater acoustic channel (UWAC). Based on the decision of the equalizer’s output, its iteration process switches between

Receiver-channel based adaptive blind equalization approach for GPS dynamic multipath mitigation

Aiming at mitigating multipath effect in dynamic global positioning system （GPS） satellite navigation applications, an approach based on channel blind equalization and real-time recursive least square （RLS） algorithm is proposed, which is an application of the wireless communication channel equalization theory to GPS receiver tracking loops. The blind equalization mechanism builds upon the detection of the correlation distortion due to multipath channels; therefore an increase in the number of correlator channels is required compared with conventional GPS receivers. An adaptive estimator based on the real-time RLS algorithm is designed for dynamic estimation of multipath channel response. Then, the code and carrier phase receiver tracking errors are compensated by removing the estimated multipath components from the correlators＇ outputs. To demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed approach, this technique is integrated into a GPS software receiver connected to a navigation satellite signal simulator, thus simulations under controlled dynamic multipath scenarios can be carried out. Simulation results show that in a dynamic and fairly severe multipath environment, the proposed approach achieves simultaneously instantaneous accurate multipath channel estimation and significant multipath tracking errors reduction in both code delay and carrier phase.