References & Further Reading

References

  1. G. D. Forney Jr., Maximum-Likelihood Sequence Estimation of Digital Sequences in the Presence of Intersymbol Interference, 1972

    Introduces the Viterbi algorithm as the MLSE receiver for ISI channels.

  2. G. D. Forney Jr., The Viterbi Algorithm, 1973

    Classical tutorial on dynamic-programming decoding.

  3. G. Ungerboeck, Adaptive Maximum-Likelihood Receiver for Carrier-Modulated Data-Transmission Systems, 1974

    Reduced-state MLSE and whitened matched filter front-end.

  4. J. G. Proakis and M. Salehi, Digital Communications, McGraw-Hill, 5th ed., 2008

    Chapter 10 covers MLSE, linear equalization, and DFE in textbook detail.

  5. J. M. Cioffi, G. P. Dudevoir, M. V. Eyuboglu, and G. D. Forney Jr., MMSE Decision-Feedback Equalizers and Coding — Parts I and II, 1995

    Definitive reference on MMSE-DFE and its capacity-achieving properties.

  6. J. Salz, Optimum Mean-Square Decision Feedback Equalization, 1973

    Original MMSE-DFE derivation.

  7. R. W. Lucky, Techniques for Adaptive Equalization of Digital Communication Systems, 1966

    The first practical adaptive equalizer.

  8. S. U. H. Qureshi, Adaptive Equalization, 1985

    Classical tutorial on adaptive equalization.

  9. D. Falconer, S. L. Ariyavisitakul, A. Benyamin-Seeyar, and B. Eidson, Frequency Domain Equalization for Single-Carrier Broadband Wireless Systems, 2002

    SC-FDE — the block-processing counterpart of OFDM.

  10. G. D. Forney Jr., Geometrically Uniform Codes, 1991

    Algebraic framework underlying MLSE error analysis.

Further Reading

Extensions and modern views of equalization.

  • Turbo equalization

    Koetter, Singer, Tüchler, 'Turbo Equalization,' IEEE Signal Proc. Mag., 2004

    Iterative exchange of soft information between equalizer and decoder.

  • BCJR / forward-backward for ISI

    Bahl, Cocke, Jelinek, Raviv, IEEE Trans. IT, 1974

    Symbol-wise MAP counterpart to Viterbi's sequence-wise ML.

  • Frequency-domain equalization in 5G/6G

    3GPP TS 38.211; Benvenuto-Dinis-Falconer-Tomasin, Proc. IEEE, 2010

    How these ideas appear in modern single-carrier and OFDM waveforms.