Analysis of Low Complexity Adaptive Step-size Orthogonal Gradient-based FEQ for OFDM Systems

Abstract

We propose two low complexity adaptive step-size mechanisms based on the normalised orthogonal gradient algorithm for frequency-domain equalisation in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. These algorithms are derived from employing a mixed-subcarrier exponentially weighted least squares criterion. Two low complexity adaptive stepsize
approaches are investigated by exploiting an estimate of autocorrelation between previous and present weight-estimated mixed-subcarrier errors. We compare our approaches with a previously fixed stepsize normalised orthogonal gradient adaptive algorithm and other existing algorithm for implementation. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithms can achieve good performance for involving an OFDM receiver.