Fading Channel Sequence Detection Based on Rational Approximations to the Clarke Spectrum

Optimal digital data detection for a linear Gaussian (fading) channel is considered in the context of the estimator-correlator and recent recursive structures for sequence detection. It is noted that the complexity of the “estimator” (i.e., prediction filter) and “correlator” (i.e., sequence search) can be varied independently. This concept is demonstrated for flat