Apparatus, and associated method, for performing joint equalization in a multiple-input, multiple-output communication system

In a multiple input, multiple-output communication system having a receiving station for receiving a first received data vector and at least a second received data vector transmitted thereto upon a communication channel, an improvement of apparatus for the receiving station facilitating joint detection of values of the first and at least second received data vectors, said apparatus comprising:

• a joint equalizer coupled to receive indications of the first and at least second received vectors received at the receiving station, said joint equalizer for forming a first equalized data vector and at least second equalized data vector, the first and at least second equalized data vectors, respectively, formed of equalized symbols, the equalized symbols generated pursuant to slicing operations performed upon parallel transition of successive symbols of the indications of the first and at least second received data vectors.