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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1991
Sandeep Chennakeshu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Anand Narasimhan, Troy, NY (US);
John B Anderson, Latham, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A received time division multiple access (TDMA) signal having a time slot comprised of a plurality of symbols including at least one sequence of synchronizing symbols and a plurality of data symbols is demodulated by adaptively filtering the received signal to minimize inter-symbol interference due to an effect of channel signal propagation delay. The adaptive filtering step is performed by processing the received signal with a multi-stage lattice decision feedback equalizer having (M=N.sub.1 -N.sub.2) stages followed by (N.sub.2 -1) two-dimensional stages. A metric is next formed for each of the stages in accordance with a predetermined mathematical relationship between the output signals of each of two stages. A plurality of the formed metrics are next accumulated over a plurality of time slots. A number of stages are then recursively determined for the lattice decision feedback equalizer for use during the next time slot by comparing, to a threshold value, the difference between the values of two accumulated metrics.