Patent ID: 7907691

Claim:
A receiver, comprising: an equalizer that has at least two coefficient modes of operation; a sync generator for generating a synchronization signal from a received signal and for providing a status signal; and a controller for setting the equalizer in one of the at least two coefficient modes of operation as a function of the status signal; wherein in a first coefficient mode, the equalizer starts with a preset non-zero value in at least one tap; while in a second coefficient mode, the equalizer starts such that all taps are set equal to a same value; wherein in the first coefficient mode the equalizer starts with the preset non-zero value in said at least one tap and the equalizer equalizes a received signal in accordance with a blind mode of operation and a decision-directed mode of operation; wherein the equalizer transits from the blind mode to the decision-directed mode as a function of a mean square error estimate of an output signal from the equalizer; wherein the sync generator comprises at least two modes of operation, wherein in a first mode of operation the sync generator generates the synchronization signal as a function of a channel virtual center signal and in a second mode of operation the sync generator generates the synchronization signal as a function of a correlation signal.