New approach to time-domain equalization and frequency-domain transient compensation for a DMT-based ADSL system

In this paper, a new approach to time-domain equalization for a multicarrier transmission system is described. The main idea behind our method is to enhance the performance and simplify the complexity and implementation cost of the well-known FIR-based time equalization algorithm (TEQ), by using a simple high-pass filter for channel response shortening and improving the frequency equalization effects with additional compensation of the remaining transient in a DMT (discrete multitone modulation) symbol. Computer simulations were performed in a DMT-based ADSL simulation platform where three different configurations were tested: (1) 35-tap FIR-based TEQ, (2) shortening filter-based TEQ and (3) shortening filter and transient compensation-based TEQ.