This contribution considers semi-blind adaptive equalization for communication systems that employ high-throughput quadrature amplitude modulation signalling. A minimum number of training symbols, approximately equal to the dimension of the equalizer, are first utilized to provide a rough initial least-squares estimate of the equalizer’s weight vector. A novel gradient-Newton concurrent constan...

The adaptive algorithm has been widely used in the digital signal processing like channel estimation, channel equalization, echo cancellation, and so on. One of the most important adaptive algorithms is the RLS algorithm. We present in this paper n multiple objective optimization approach to fast blind channel equalization. By investigating first the performance (mean-square error) of the stand...

A general closed expression is given for the isothermal minimum free energy of a linear viscoelastic material with continuous spectrum response. Two quite distinct approaches are adopted, which give the same final result. The first involves expressing a positive quantity, closely related to the loss modulus of the material, defined on the frequency domain, as a product of two factors with speci...

The adaptive algorithm has been widely used in the digital signal processing like channel estimation, channel equalization, echo cancellation, and so on. One of the most important adaptive algorithms is the LMS algorithm. We present in this paper an multiple objective optimization approach to fast blind channel equalization. By investigating first the performance (mean-square error) of the stan...

A high speed efficient TSPC flip-flop divide-by-16/17 dual modulus prescaler is proposed. The efficient (proposed) TSPC flip-flop with split path not only reduces the clock load and decrease power but also increases the speed of operation. The speed of the precaler can improve in two aspects. First is by adopting a new pseudo divide-by2/3 prescaler, the minimum working period is reduced by half...

Since the renowned papers [1, 2] by Fienup, many methods of iterative phase retrieval have been devised that address the problem where a two dimensional image is the object of interest and only the magnitude of its Fourier transform is known. Thus the phase of its Fourier transform needs to be estimated to recover the image. Building upon Gerchberg and Saxton’s Error Reduction method [3], Fienu...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Arterial stiffness may indicate early vascular changes that predispose to the development of major vascular disease. The repeatability of a variety of indices of arterial stiffness calculated from a standard carotid arterial M-mode ultrasound image was investigated. METHODS Twenty-six asymptomatic normal subjects were imaged and had blood pressure recordings on each of ...

Dynamic modulus characterizes the viscoelastic behavior of asphalt materials and is the most important input parameter for design and rehabilitation of flexible pavements using Mechanistic–Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). Laboratory determination of dynamic modulus is very expensive and time consuming. To overcome this challenge, several predictive models were developed to determine dyn...

In the current paper, finite element method is employed for numerical simulations and the study of influential parameters on elastic modulus of polymer-matrix nano-composites. Effects of different key parameters including particle elastic modulus, interphase elastic modulus, matrix elastic modulus, interphase thickness and particle volume fraction on total elastic modulus of nano-composite mate...