Blind channel shortening for SIMO space-time channels using linear prediction in OFDM systems

Abstract

In this paper, we make use of a blind adaptive linear predictor for channel shortening in single input multiple output (SIMO) channels. We compare our approach to the so-called MERRY blind channel shortener. We assess through simulations that our proposed approach provides faster convergence rate and it better exploits the spatio-temporal diversity present in the SIMO channels.