Baseband trellis-coded modulation with combined equalization/decoding for high bit rate digital subscriber loops

The authors present a simulation study evaluating the performance of trellis-coded modulation with combined code/ISI sequence estimation for high bit rate (800 kb/s) transmission on subscriber loops. The receiver contains a fractionally spaced forward filter of a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) as a front end. This is shown to suppress phase synchronized crosstalk very effectively. The performance is further enhanced by the use of trellis code with a large number of states received with an M algorithm sequence-estimating receiver with a smaller number of states.<
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