Patent ID: 7257155
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for initializing a time-domain equalizer (TEQ) comprised in a receiver of a multi-carrier communication system, the method comprising: estimating a channel impulse response (CIR) h[n] according to a received symbol, wherein the received symbol includes a cyclic prefix with ν points and a data portion with N points, wherein i=0˜N−1; selecting one of a plurality of groups according to the total energy of the groups, wherein each group includes consecutive ν points of the received symbol; modifying the channel impulse response (CIR) h[n] according to the selected group to generate a modified channel impulse response h′[n]; generating a target impulse response b[n] according to the modified channel impulse response h′[n] and a window mask m[n], wherein i=0˜N−1; transforming the channel impulse response (CIR) h[n] and the target impulse response b[n] to a frequency-domain to generate a frequency-domain channel impulse response H(i) and a frequency-domain target impulse response B(i) respectively, wherein i=0˜N−1; and generating a frequency-domain impulse response W(i) of the time-domain equalizer according to the frequency-domain channel impulse response H(i) and the frequency-domain target impulse response B(i); wherein the frequency-domain target impulse response B(i) and the frequency-domain TEQ impulse response W(i) are for initializing the TEQ.