PERFORMANCE OF EQUALIZATION TECHNIQUES IN A RADIO INTERFERENCE ENVIRONMENT

The performance of equalization techniques for digital radio systems in the presence of sinusoidal and modulated interference signals are investigated. Linear and nonlinear equalizers, as well as synchronous and T/2-spaced structures are considered. It is shown that i) synchronous decision-feedback equalizers are powerful countermeasure devices for radio channels affected by both selective fading and sinusoidal interferers; ii) both T/2-spaced linear and nonlinear equalizers can provide a significant improvement of the adjacent channel interference margin, whether the channel is selective or not, especially in the case of multicarrier interleaved frequency arrangements.