Patent ID: 7190720

Claim:
A method for determining the initial values of the tap weights for the taps wherein the nested summation has the following general form: ∑ k 0 = a k 0 max ⁢ ⁢ ∑ k 1 = b k 1 max ⁢ ⁢ … ⁢ ⁢ ∑ k m - 1 = n k m - 1 max ⁢ ⁢ f ( k 0 , k 1 , … ⁢ ⁢ k m - 1 ) Wherein a, b, . . . , n are initial summing points for the corresponding summations, and wherein m>1 such that if m=2 there are only two summations and such that if m>2 there are more than two summations of a linear equalizer comprising: determining a channel impulse response of a channel; and, performing a nested summation to determine, from the channel impulse response, the initial values corresponding to the weights of the equalizer taps.