Comparison of BER Performance between H2 and H DFEs in Fading Environments

Montree BUDSABATHON  Shinsuke HARA  

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E85-B   No.6   pp.1094-1104
Publication Date: 2002/06/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Wireless Communication Technology
Keyword: 
decision feedback equalizer,  recursive least squares,  H2 and H filtering,  

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Summary: 
In this paper, we discuss the applicability of H filtering algorithm for a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) in mobile communications environments. A comparison of bit error rate (BER) performance between a H2 filtering (recursive least squares) algorithm-based and an a priori H filtering algorithm-based fractionally-tap-spaced DFEs in various fading channels is presented. Against, our results are rather pessimistic of the H equalizer, namely, as compared with the H2 equalizer, at most the same or a little better BER performance of the H equalizer is obtained only when the ratio of the average received energy per bit to the white noise power spectral density and the normalized fading rate are large enough, especially in Rician fading channels. Moreover, the H equalizer has the problems of how to choose an appropriate prescribed positive value and computational complexity, therefore it may not be considered as an attractive alternative to the H2 equalizer for wireless communications systems.