TY - JOUR
T1 - What are the analytical conditions for which a blind equalizer will loose the convergence state?
AU - Pinchas, Monika
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - In this paper, I propose for the noiseless, real and two independent quadrature carrier case some approximated conditions on the step-size parameter, on the equalizer's tap length and on the channel power, related to the nature of the chosen equalizer and input signal statistics, for which a blind equalizer will not converge anymore. These conditions are valid for type of blind equalizers where the error that is fed into the adaptive mechanism that updates the equalizer's taps can be expressed as a polynomial function of the equalized output of order three like in Godard's algorithm. Since the channel power is measurable or can be calculated if the channel coefficients are given, there is no need anymore to carry out any simulation with various step-size parameters and equalizer's tap length for a given equalization method and input signal statistics in order to find the maximum step-size parameter for which the equalizer still converges.
AB - In this paper, I propose for the noiseless, real and two independent quadrature carrier case some approximated conditions on the step-size parameter, on the equalizer's tap length and on the channel power, related to the nature of the chosen equalizer and input signal statistics, for which a blind equalizer will not converge anymore. These conditions are valid for type of blind equalizers where the error that is fed into the adaptive mechanism that updates the equalizer's taps can be expressed as a polynomial function of the equalized output of order three like in Godard's algorithm. Since the channel power is measurable or can be calculated if the channel coefficients are given, there is no need anymore to carry out any simulation with various step-size parameters and equalizer's tap length for a given equalization method and input signal statistics in order to find the maximum step-size parameter for which the equalizer still converges.
KW - Blind deconvolution
KW - Blind equalization
KW - Convergence state
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861455816&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11760-011-0221-0
DO - 10.1007/s11760-011-0221-0
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AN - SCOPUS:84861455816
SN - 1863-1703
VL - 6
SP - 325
EP - 340
JO - Signal, Image and Video Processing
JF - Signal, Image and Video Processing
IS - 2
ER -