Patent ID: 8731040

Claim:
A method of adjusting configurable parameters of at least one linear equalizer in a communication system, the method comprising: applying, by a transmitting device, an input signal to a receiver of the communication system; equalizing, by the at least one linear equalizer of the receiver, the input signal; generating, by a sampler of the receiver, one or more sampled values of the equalized input signal; digitizing, by a data detector of the receiver, the one or more sampled values of the equalized input signal; generating, by at least one error detection module of the receiver, an error signal based on the one or more sampled values of the equalized input signal and at least one target value; determining, by an adaptation module of the receiver, a gradient signal based on a comparison of the digitized one or more sampled values of the equalized input signal and one or more values of the error signal; and adjusting, by the adaptation module, a transfer function of the at least one linear equalizer based on the determined gradient signal.