3com Corporation

Eugene T Sy

Jeffrey C Strait

A system and method for minimizing the effective channel impulse response in multitone communication systems, is provided. A time domain equalizer is utilized to shorten the channel impulse response to a length equal to or less than the time duration of the cyclic prefix. The time domain equalizer includes an adaptable filter with updateable coefficients. The updateable coefficients are calculated in a storage efficient manner to effectively estimate a desirable channel response. Processing of the time domain equalizer signal improves the symbol boundary estimate and effectively reduces the effect of noise of the updateable coefficient solution.

Efficient implementation for equalization of multicarrier channels

The system and method of the preferred embodiments may be directed to improving the signal-to-noise ratio in frequency spectrum regions where narrowband interference may be present. The system and method of the preferred embodiments includes reducing the narrowband interference by determining a noise estimate. In accordance with the noise estimate and output of a frequency domain equalizer, a noise-cancelled output may be obtained.

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Eugene T Sy