Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation Optimum Receiver Design with Channel Identification Based on Zero Distribution

In this paper, a novel maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) optimum receiver design is proposed to reduce the complexity of the conventional optimum receiver. We first propose a multipath channel classification method according to the zero distribution of the channel impulse response; that is, the multipath channel is divided into a minimum phase channel and a non-minimum phase channel. Then, an MLSE optimum receiver design with channel identification based on zero distribution is also proposed. In this design, the distribution of zero can be obtained directly by calculating the Z transform of the channel. Thus, the complexity is reduced. The number of the multiplication reduced is N(2N+1). In addition, 2N+1 memory units storing the autocorrelation sequence are reduced. The simulation results indicate that this channel classification method effectively represents the characteristics of the channel. Moreover, the MLSE optimum receiver proposed performs similarly and is less complex than the conventional one. The performance is greatly improved compared with the minimum mean square error (MMSE) equalizer.