A feed forward equalizer including a first set of filter taps having a first set of filter tap coefficients to be adapted and a second set of one or more filter taps having one or more filter tap coefficients to be constrained. The feed forward equalizer includes an adaptation component to determine a set of adapted filter tap coefficient values corresponding to the first set of filter tap coefficients and a constraint function component to determine a constrained filter tap coefficient value for the second set of the one or more filter taps having the one or more filter tap coefficients to be constrained using a constraint function based on at least a portion of the set of adapted filter tap coefficient values. The feed forward equalizer generates, based at least in part on the constrained filter tap coefficient value, an equalized signal including a set of estimated symbol values.

A feed forward equalizer including a first set of filter taps having a first set of filter tap coefficients to be adapted and a second set of one or more filter taps having one or more filter tap coefficients to be constrained. The feed forward equalizer includes an adaptation component to determine a set of adapted filter tap coefficient values corresponding to the first set of filter tap coefficients and a constraint function component to determine a constrained filter tap coefficient value for the second set of the one or more filter taps having the one or more filter tap coefficients to be constrained using a constraint function based on at least a portion of the set of adapted filter tap coefficient values. The feed forward equalizer generates, based at least in part on the constrained filter tap coefficient value, an equalized signal including a set of estimated symbol values.

An apparatus in a signal receiver, such as an optical signal receiver, is provided. An adaptive equalizer provides an equalized output indicative of a received signal. A feedback component receives the equalized output and provides feedback to the adaptive equalizer. A carrier recovery component receives the equalized output from the adaptive equalizer provides estimates of symbols. The carrier recovery component is partially or fully disjoint from the feedback component, thus removing the carrier recovery component from equalizer the feedback loop. The feedback component can include an initial carrier recovery component and a phase rotation and detection component. The initial carrier recovery component generates a carrier recovery output based on the equalized output. The phase rotation and detection component performs a phase rotation based on the carrier recovery output.

An apparatus in a signal receiver, such as an optical signal receiver, is provided. An adaptive equalizer provides an equalized output indicative of a received signal. A feedback component receives the equalized output and provides feedback to the adaptive equalizer. A carrier recovery component receives the equalized output from the adaptive equalizer provides estimates of symbols. The carrier recovery component is partially or fully disjoint from the feedback component, thus removing the carrier recovery component from equalizer the feedback loop. The feedback component can include an initial carrier recovery component and a phase rotation and detection component. The initial carrier recovery component generates a carrier recovery output based on the equalized output. The phase rotation and detection component performs a phase rotation based on the carrier recovery output.

Systems and methods are provided for aligning amplitude and phase signals in a polar receiver. A receiver generates digital amplitude and phase signals representing the amplitude and phase of a modulated input signal. At least one of the digital signals is filtered using a fractional delay filter with a variable delay. The delay of the fractional delay filter is adjusted to align the amplitude and phase signals. In some embodiments, an error vector magnitude is determined by comparing in-phase and quadrature values of the signal with values corresponding to a constellation point, and the delay is adjusted based on the error vector magnitude. The fractional delay filter may be a finite impulse response filter with coefficients stored in a lookup table that correspond to different delays.

An apparatus is provided which comprises: a data slicer to receive first data sampled by a data clock; an edge slicer to receive second data sampled by an edge clock; and a Least Mean Square (LMS) circuitry coupled to the data and edge slicers, wherein the LSM circuitry is to generate a code to adjust a phase of one of data clock and/or edge clock relative to one another.

An apparatus is provided which comprises: a data slicer to receive first data sampled by a data clock; an edge slicer to receive second data sampled by an edge clock; and a Least Mean Square (LMS) circuitry coupled to the data and edge slicers, wherein the LSM circuitry is to generate a code to adjust a phase of one of data clock and/or edge clock relative to one another.

A communication terminal is described comprising a radio frequency receiver configured to receive a signal comprising signal components transmitted via different communication channels, each modulated based on a common modulation symbol shared by the plurality of communication channels, an equalizer for each communication channel configured to equalize the signal received based on respective one or more channel parameters, a demodulator for each communication channel configured to calculate probability information information bits to be equal to a particular binary value, a combiner configured to combine the probability information calculated for the plurality of communication channels and a decoder configured to generate reconstructed useful data based on the combined probability information.

Systems and methods are provided for aligning amplitude and phase signals in a polar receiver. A receiver generates digital amplitude and phase signals representing the amplitude and phase of a modulated input signal. At least one of the digital signals is filtered using a fractional delay filter with a variable delay. The delay of the fractional delay filter is adjusted to align the amplitude and phase signals. In some embodiments, an error vector magnitude is determined by comparing in-phase and quadrature values of the signal with values corresponding to a constellation point, and the delay is adjusted based on the error vector magnitude. The fractional delay filter may be a finite impulse response filter with coefficients stored in a lookup table that correspond to different delays.