Decision feedback analyzer with filter compensation
First Claim
1. A digital data receiver, for receiving a signal that is transmitted over a channel having a channel response and is filtered with a predetermined filter response, the receiver comprising:
- a decision device, coupled to receive a sequence of equalized samples and to generate, responsive thereto, a corresponding sequence of estimated symbols;
a feed-forward equalizer, coupled to receive a sequence of input samples of the signal and to generate, responsive to the input samples, forward-equalized samples;
a decision feedback equalizer (DFE), coupled to receive the sequence of estimated symbols, and comprising;
an adaptive element, operative to process the estimated symbols responsive to the channel response; and
a fixed element, operative to process the estimated symbols responsive to the predetermined filter response, the DFE generating feedback-equalized samples by combined operation of the adaptive and fixed elements; and
an adder, coupled to combine the forward-equalized samples with the feedback-equalized samples so as to provide the equalized samples to the decision device.
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Abstract
A digital data receiver, for receiving a signal that is transmitted over a channel having a channel response and is filtered with a predetermined filter response. The receiver includes a decision device, coupled to receive a sequence of equalized samples and to generate, responsive thereto, a corresponding sequence of estimated symbols. A feed-forward equalizer receives a sequence of input samples of the signal and generates responsive to the input samples, forward-equalized samples. A decision feedback equalizer (DFE), which receives the sequence of estimated symbols, includes an adaptive element, which processes the estimated symbols responsive to the channel response, and a fixed element, which processes the estimated symbols responsive to the predetermined filter response. The DFE generates feedback-equalized samples by combined operation of the adaptive and fixed elements. An adder combines the forward-equalized samples with the feedback-equalized samples so as to provide the equalized samples to the decision device.
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23 Claims
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1. A digital data receiver, for receiving a signal that is transmitted over a channel having a channel response and is filtered with a predetermined filter response, the receiver comprising:
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a decision device, coupled to receive a sequence of equalized samples and to generate, responsive thereto, a corresponding sequence of estimated symbols;
a feed-forward equalizer, coupled to receive a sequence of input samples of the signal and to generate, responsive to the input samples, forward-equalized samples;
a decision feedback equalizer (DFE), coupled to receive the sequence of estimated symbols, and comprising;
an adaptive element, operative to process the estimated symbols responsive to the channel response; and
a fixed element, operative to process the estimated symbols responsive to the predetermined filter response, the DFE generating feedback-equalized samples by combined operation of the adaptive and fixed elements; and
an adder, coupled to combine the forward-equalized samples with the feedback-equalized samples so as to provide the equalized samples to the decision device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
a decision feedback filter having adaptive coefficients; and
an adaptation circuit, operative to determine the adaptive coefficients responsive to the predetermined filter response.
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7. A receiver according to claim 6, wherein the adaptation circuit determines the adaptive coefficients based on filtering the estimated symbols using the predetermined filter response.
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8. A receiver according to claim 7, wherein the adaptation circuit determines the adaptive coefficients using a least-mean-square method.
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9. A receiver according to claim 1, wherein the adaptive element comprises:
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a decision feedback filter having adaptive coefficients; and
an adaptation circuit, operative to determine the adaptive coefficients using least-mean-square method.
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10. A receiver according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined filter response is described by a frequency response F(z), and
wherein the fixed element of the DFE comprises: -
a first fixed element, having a frequency response substantially equal to F(z), which operates on the estimated symbols in conjunction with the adaptive element to generate a first output; and
a second fixed element, having a frequency response substantially equal to (F(z)−
1)/z−
1, which operates on the estimated symbols to generate a second output, andwherein the DFE comprises an adder, which sums the first and second outputs to generate the feedback-equalized samples.
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11. A receiver according to claim 1, wherein the adaptive element comprises a decision feedback filter having adaptive coefficients, which are determined responsive to the channel response in an initial stage of operation of receiving the signal from a transmitter, and
wherein in a subsequent stage of receiving the signal, the adaptive coefficients are conveyed to a precoder in the transmitter that is operative to precode the signal using the coefficients. -
12. A receiver according to claim 11, wherein in the subsequent stage of receiving the signal, the adaptive element of the DFE is substantially inoperative, while the fixed element continues to process the estimated symbols responsive to the predetermined filter response.
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13. A method for decision feedback equalization, comprising:
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generating a sequence of estimated symbols based on a corresponding sequence of equalized samples, which are derived from a signal that is transmitted over a channel having a channel response and is filtered with a predetermined filter response;
processing the estimated symbols with adaptive processing parameters responsive to the channel response so as to generate adaptive feedback samples;
processing the estimated symbols with fixed processing parameters responsive to the predetermined filter response so as to generate fixed feedback samples; and
combining the adaptive feedback samples with the fixed feedback samples so as to generate feedback-equalized samples, for use in deriving the equalized samples. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
wherein processing the estimated symbols with the adaptive processing parameters comprises filtering the estimated symbols with a frequency response substantially equal to F(z) in conjunction with applying the adaptive processing parameters, so as to generate the adaptive feedback samples, and wherein processing the estimated symbols with the fixed processing parameters comprises filtering the estimated symbols with a frequency response substantially equal to (F(z)− - 1)/z−
1, so as to generate the fixed feedback samples, and
wherein combining the adaptive feedback samples with the fixed feedback samples comprises summing the adaptive and fixed feedback samples.
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22. A method according to claim 13, and comprising:
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receiving the signal over the channel from a transmitter having a precoder, wherein processing the estimated symbols with the adaptive processing parameters comprises applying a decision feedback equalizer having adaptive coefficients to the estimated symbols, and determining the adaptive coefficients responsive to the channel response in an initial stage of receiving the signal from the transmitter; and
in a subsequent stage of receiving the signal, conveying the adaptive coefficients to the precoder, wherein the precoder is operative to precode the signal using the coefficients.
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23. A method according to claim 22, wherein processing the estimated symbols with the adaptive processing parameters comprises ceasing to process the estimated symbols with the adaptive processing parameters in the subsequent stage of receiving the signal, while continuing to process the estimated symbols with the fixed processing parameters responsive to the predetermined filter response.
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