Title
Adaptive Complexity Equalization for the Downlink in WCDMA Systems
Abstract
We consider the issue of terminal reconfigurability in the downlink of WCDMA. For the purpose of optimizing power consumption in mobile terminals, we propose an adaptive- complexity equalization algorithm, which adapts the equalization length to the environment. A simple approach in WCDMA systems consists of computing the equalizer coefficients in frequency domain, and carry out channel equalization in time domain. The equalizer can be easily computed in frequency domain from channel estimates, which are generally obtained through pilot symbols. In our work, we decouple the task of adaptive complexity equalization in two parallel operations: variable length equalization and equalization length control. We propose a practical scheme to reduce equalization complexity by prewindowing in frequency domain and performing IFFT of variable length. An element of length control monitors the equalizer coefficients, updating the equalizer length at each stage. Both simulation and experimental results in outdoor-to- indoor scenarios show good performance and significant power savings with respect to full length equalization.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/VTCF.2006.355
Montreal, Que.
Keywords
Field
DocType
adaptive equalisers,broadband networks,channel estimation,code division multiple access,fast Fourier transforms,mobile radio,time-frequency analysis,IFFT,WCDMA system downlink,adaptive complexity equalization,channel equalization,channel estimation,equalization length control,frequency domain analysis,mobile terminal reconfigurability,outdoor-to- indoor scenario,power consumption,time domain analysis,variable length equalization
Time domain,Frequency domain,Reconfigurability,Equalization (audio),Computer science,Adaptive equalizer,Electronic engineering,Fast Fourier transform,Code division multiple access,Telecommunications link
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1550-2252
1-4244-0063-5
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
4
6