A nonlinear equalization algorithm for single-carrier block transmission systems

Combating the intersymbol interference is an important issue in single-carrier block transmission systems. In this paper, we present a nonlinear equalizer that combines frequency-domain (FD) pre-filtering with time-domain tree search detection. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm achieves a detection performance that is very close to that of the conventional tree search equalizer (which employs the QRD-M algorithm), but with a much lower complexity. In addition, the proposed algorithm performs significantly better than the linear equalizers and decision-feedback equalizers, with only a modest increase in complexity.