Low-complexity MMSE turbo equalization : a possible solution for EDGE

Christophe Laot (1) , Raphaël Le Bidan (1) , Dominique Leroux (1)

1 SC - Département Signal et Communications

This paper deals with a low complexity recevier scheme where equalization and channel decoding are jointly optimized in an iterative process. We derive the theoretical transfer function of the infinite length linear minimum mean square error (MMSE equalizer with a priori information. A pratical implementation is exposed with employs the fast Fourier transform (FFT) to compute the equalizer coefficients, resulting in a low-complexity receiver structure. The performance of the proposed scheme is investigated for the enhanced general packet radio service (EGPRS) radio link. Simulation results show that significant power gains may be achieved with a few (3-4) iterations. These results demonstrate that MMSE turbo equalization is an attractive candidate for single-carrier broadband wireless transmissions in long delay-spread environments.

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Christophe Laot, Raphaël Le Bidan, Dominique Leroux. Low-complexity MMSE turbo equalization : a possible solution for EDGE. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2005, 4 (3), pp.965 - 974. ⟨10.1109/TWC.2005.847095⟩. ⟨hal-01870549⟩