Various embodiments provide for correcting pre-cursor intersymbol interference (ISI) and post-cursor ISI in a data signal received over a channel. More particularly, some embodiments correct pre-cursor ISI and post-cursor ISI using decision feedback equalization (DFE).

Apparatus and methods for performing symbol detection on a plurality of mutually interfering information streams transmitted in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a detector configured to receive an input signal comprising a plurality of mutually interfering information streams, and to detect a transmitted symbol for one of the plurality of mutually interfering information streams by searching for a vector solution to an optimization problem, and a detection evaluation module configured to classify the detected symbol as reliable or unreliable, and/or to determine whether current system conditions permit reliable symbol detection and to take a predetermined action to improve the detection reliability according to a result of the determination. In some embodiments a decoding algorithm is then applied to the plurality of detected symbols to recover information from said one of the mutually interfering information streams.

A mobile communication device including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver includes a single interference cancellation or suppression receiver and is configured to perform wireless transmission and reception to and from a cellular station. The controller is configured to receive signaling information of a Multi-User Superposition Transmission (MUST) operation from the cellular station via the wireless transceiver, determine whether to perform a Network-Assisted Interference Cancellation and Suppression (NAICS) operation or the MUST operation according to the signaling information, and not perform both the NAICS operation and the MUST operation simultaneously.

Communication device adapted for receiving a MIMO signal is provided. The device comprises a first detector adapted to perform a first symbol detection on the MIMO signal using a first detection method, a detection error determination unit adapted to determine a first detection error of the first symbol detection, a detection error judging unit adapted to determine if the first detection error is above or below a detection threshold, and a second detector, adapted to perform a second symbol detection on the MIMO signal using a second detection method, if the detection error judging unit has determined that the first detection error is above the detection threshold. The communication device is adapted to use results of the symbol detection as final symbol detection results, if the detection error judging unit has determined that the first detection error is below the detection threshold.

An apparatus includes an antenna that is configured to transmit a radio frequency signal across a transmission media having a channel response impairment. A transmission path includes an encoder circuit that encodes data on a carrier signal; and a pre-equalizer circuit that is configured to pre-distort the encoded data according to equalizer coefficients representing the channel response impairment. A first equalization path includes circuitry that generates the equalizer coefficients based upon transients resulting from a presence change event for the carrier signal. A second equalization path includes circuitry that generates the equalizer coefficients based upon knowledge of encoded data on the carrier signal. Selection circuitry selects between the first equalization path and the second equalization path.

An apparatus includes an antenna that is configured to transmit a radio frequency signal across a transmission media having a channel response impairment. A transmission path includes an encoder circuit that encodes data on a carrier signal; and a pre-equalizer circuit that is configured to pre-distort the encoded data according to equalizer coefficients representing the channel response impairment. A first equalization path includes circuitry that generates the equalizer coefficients based upon transients resulting from a presence change event for the carrier signal. A second equalization path includes circuitry that generates the equalizer coefficients based upon knowledge of encoded data on the carrier signal. Selection circuitry selects between the first equalization path and the second equalization path.

In one aspect, a tuner includes an analog front end to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and to downconvert the RF signal to a second frequency signal, a digitizer to convert the second frequency signal to a digitized signal, a channel equalizer including a filter to filter the digitized signal, and a first controller to update the filter according to a frequency response of the filter.

Disclosed are a communication apparatus and a communication method capable of improving transmitting/receiving frequency efficiency of a satellite signal per bandwidth or spectral efficiency (S.E) per bandwidth by removing and improving a distortion or inter-symbol interference for applying a minimum-mean square error (MMSE) equalizer required to detect a frame synchronization and a modulation code rate in a satellite service for satellite broadcasting or communication under the variable coding and modulation (VCM) or adaptive coding and modulation (ACM) environment.

An integrated circuit may include receiver circuitry that receives data from an external device. Such receiver circuitry may include, among other things, equalization circuitry that may reconstruct the received data before transmitting the received data to other parts of the integrated circuit. The receiver circuitry may include two different equalization circuits. A first equalization circuit may perform equalization on the received data to generate a first equalized output while a second equalization circuit may generate a second equalized output. The receiver circuitry may further include an amplifier circuit that selectively amplifies either the first or second equalized output from the respective first and second equalization circuits based on the data rate of the received data.

Apparatus and methods for performing symbol detection on a plurality of mutually interfering information streams transmitted in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a detector configured to receive an input signal comprising a plurality of mutually interfering information streams, and to detect a transmitted symbol for one of the plurality of mutually interfering information streams by searching for a vector solution to an optimization problem, and a detection evaluation module configured to classify the detected symbol as reliable or unreliable, and/or to determine whether current system conditions permit reliable symbol detection and to take a predetermined action to improve the detection reliability according to a result of the determination. In some embodiments a decoding algorithm is then applied to the plurality of detected symbols to recover information from said one of the mutually interfering information streams.