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Concurrent Equalizer with Squared Error Weight-Based Tap Coefficients Update

오차 제곱 가중치기반 랩 계수 갱신을 적용한 동시 등화기

  • 오길남 (광주대학교 광통신공학과)
  • Received : 2010.11.22
  • Accepted : 2011.03.21
  • Published : 2011.03.31

Abstract

For blind equalization of communication channels, concurrent equalization is useful to improve convergence characteristics. However, the concurrent equalization will result in limited performance enhancement by continuing concurrent adaptation with two algorithms after the equalizer converges to steady-state. In this paper, to improve the convergence characteristics and steady-state performance of the concurrent equalization, proposed is a new concurrent equalization technique with variable step-size parameter and weight-based tap coefficients update. The proposed concurrent vsCMA+DD equalization calculates weight factors using error signals of the variable step-size CMA (vsCMA) and DD (decision-directed) algorithm, and then updates the two equalizers based on the weights respectively. The proposed method, first, improves the error performance of the CMA by the vsCMA, and enhances the steady-state performance as well as the convergence speed further by the weight-based tap coefficients update. The performance improvement by the proposed scheme is verified through simulations.

동시 등화는 통신 채널을 블라인드 등화 시 수렵 특성 개선에 유용하다. 그러나 동시 등화는 등화기가 정상상태에 수렴한 후에도 동시 적응을 계속함으로써 성능 개선이 제한적이다. 본 논문에서는 동시 등화의 수렴 특성과 함께 정상상태 성능을 개선하기 위해, 가변 수렴상수와 가중치기반의 탭 계수 갱신을 적용하는 새로운 동시 등화 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 동시 vsCMA+DD 등화는 가변 수렴상수 CMA(variable step-size CMA: vsCMA)와 판정의거 (decision-directed: DD) 알고리즘의 오차 신호를 사용하여 가중치를 산출하고, 이를 이용하여 두 등화기를 각각 가중 갱신한다. 제안 방법은 vsCMA에 의해 CMA의 오차 성능을 개선하고, 가중치기반의 탭 계수 갱신에 의해 수렴 속도와 정상상대 성능을 개선하였다. 모의실험을 통해 제안 방식의 성능 개선을 검증하였다.

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