MAP sequence estimation for fading ISI channels.

In this paper we first describe a Maximum A Posterior (MAP) based sequence estimation approach for unknown, fast fading, frequency selective digital communications channels. The approach incorporates prior probabilistic knowledge of the channel via a stochastic channel model. We then assume a first order Gauss-Markov channel model to derive a specific MAP estimator, and we describe a Per Survivor Processing (PSP) algorithm as a realistic approximation of the optimum estimator. Monte Carlo simulations results are then presented: first to illustrate the performance realized when incorporating prior channel knowledge and its dependence on channel fading rate; and second to study the sensitivity of this MAP estimator to inaccuracies in the assumed values of parameters of the Gauss-Markov model.

Main Author:	Chen, H.
Other Authors:	Perry, R., Buckley, K.
Language:	English
Published:	2001
Online Access:	http://ezproxy.villanova.edu/login?url=https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:178435