Abstract: A receiver having an adaptive maximum likelihood sequence (MLSE) estimator and method are provided, in particular in a nonlinear receiver, wherein a channel estimator is used to estimate the channel to be used in the MLSE estimator in order to minimize distortion. In the MLSE estimator, the channel estimation is extracted from the phase of the signal using a known training sequence pattern in the received data frame. The channel estimation is adaptively updated using a Least Mean Square (LMS) algorithm by applying tentative decision in the received signal.

Abstract: A technique for correcting the sampling time and carrier frequency error in a receiver for digitally modulated signals. Discrete-time, complex-valued samples of the incoming signal are fed to a pair of non-linear operators such as correlators. The first correlator provides a signal having a first phase component related to the symbol timing error and a second phase component related to the carrier frequency error. The second correlator provides a signal having a first phase component related to the symbol timing error and a second phase component related to the negative of the carrier frequency error. The phase components are then separated and detected to extract an estimate of the symbol timing error and the carrier frequency error. In the preferred embodiment, the complex-valued samples are frequency-shifted, before being fed to the correlators, so that the phase components of interest appear at zero frequency.