• DocumentCode
    3189708
  • Title

    A New Cost Function for the Blind Equalization of Cross-QAM Signals

  • Author

    Abrar, Shafayat

  • Author_Institution
    EE Department, CIIT, H-8/1, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan. Email: shafayat@ieee.org
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    13-15 Dec. 2005
  • Firstpage
    290
  • Lastpage
    295
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a new family of algorithms for blind equalization of cross-QAM signals. It is shown that the proposed Generalized Cross-Contour Algorithm (GCrCA) has a tendency to force the equalizer output to lie onto a cross-shaped contour, yielding a successful removal of ISI and recovering the correct orientation of the constellation simultaneously.
  • Keywords
    Adaptive equalizers; blind equalization; constant modulus algorithm (CMA); multimodulus algorithm (MMA); reduced-constellation algorithm (RCA); square/cross quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM); Adaptive equalizers; Bandwidth; Blind equalizers; Cost function; Demodulation; Intersymbol interference; Modems; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Radio transmitters; Signal to noise ratio; Adaptive equalizers; blind equalization; constant modulus algorithm (CMA); multimodulus algorithm (MMA); reduced-constellation algorithm (RCA); square/cross quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microelectronics, 2005. ICM 2005. The 17th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9262-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICM.2005.1590087
  • Filename
    1590087