Title :
Performance study of RAM-based decision feedback equalizers with application to nonlinear satellite channels
Author :
Ryan, William E. ; LeBlanc, James P. ; Kennedy, Rodney A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
The performance of nonlinear decision feedback equalizer implementations based on the use a random access memory (RAM) look-up table are considered. RAM look-up tables admit the modeling, without approximation, of the nonlinear intersymbol interference of nonlinear channels with finite memory. Three equalizers are considered; the RAM-DFE; RAM-canceler; and recently developed pre-cursor enhanced RAM-DFE canceler (PERC). In contrast to the classical “feedforward” Volterra equalizers, these equalizers have the advantage that the nonlinear processing element is out of the path of the noise, thus avoiding noise amplification. Results are presented for 16-QAM which compare and demonstrate the effectiveness of these equalizers, particularly the PERC, on the nonlinear satellite channel
Keywords :
decision feedback equalisers; intersymbol interference; quadrature amplitude modulation; random-access storage; satellite communication; table lookup; telecommunication channels; 16-QAM; RAM-DFE; RAM-based decision feedback equalizers; RAM-canceler; finite memory; look-up table; modeling; nonlinear intersymbol interference; nonlinear processing element; nonlinear satellite channels; performance; pre-cursor enhanced RAM-DFE canceler; random access memory; Australia; Baseband; Decision feedback equalizers; Filters; Noise cancellation; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Random access memory; Read-write memory; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing and Its Applications, 1999. ISSPA '99. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
1-86435-451-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISSPA.1999.818198