New equalisation approach for maximising data rate in discrete multi tone systems

Abstract

This article presents a new time domain equaliser (TEQ), which can be used in discrete multi-tone (DMT) systems to maximise the bit rate. The proposed TEQ is tested in the fast Fourier transform based discrete multi-tone (FFT–DMT) system, and in a proposed discrete cosine transform based discrete multi-tone (DCT–DMT) system. The objective of the proposed DCT–DMT system is to make use of the energy compaction property of the DCT to reduce the channel effects on the transmitted signals. A mathematical model of the proposed TEQ is presented. Simulation experiments have been carried out to test the effect of the proposed TEQ with the FFT–DMT system and the proposed DCT–DMT system. The results show that the performance of the DCT–DMT system with the proposed TEQ is better than the FFT–DMT system with this TEQ over the eight standard carrier serving area (CSA). The results also show that employing the proposed TEQ in the DCT–DMT system can achieve a high bit rate, ranging from 2.899 Mbps to 5.369 Mbps.