Patent ID: 7339987

Claim:
A device for equalizing a received signal comprising: a first signal equalizer having a first received signal input, a first settable coefficient used to equalize the signal, a first coefficient input configured to allow the first coefficient to be set, and a first equalized signal output; a coefficient setting component having a first control input, and having a first coefficient output operably connected to the first coefficient input of the first signal equalizer, the coefficient setting component controllably operable to set the first signal equalizer coefficient; and a received signal monitor configured to monitor the signal received by the first signal equalizer and capable of detecting a first and a second signal property, the monitor operably connected to the first control input of the coefficient setting component, such that when the first signal property is detected the received signal monitor does not enable the coefficient setting component to set the first coefficient and when the second signal property is detected the received signal monitor enables the coefficient setting component to set the first coefficient, the received signal monitor including a filter bank configured to detect energy distribution in the received signal.