Advanced television systems committee (ATSC) digital television (DTV) receiver

A machine-readable storage medium to perform equalization in a receiver comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed result in a processor comprising:

• receiving a signal transmitted on a communication channel
• determining a location of a principal tap, a location a platform noise tap, and a pre-cursor tap in a feedforward path of an equalizer,
• determining a location of a post-cursor tap, a location of a cross-term tap, and a location of a portable tap in a feedback path of the equalizer, and
• aligning the portable tap in the feedback path with the principal tap in the feedforward path,
• wherein the position of the platform noise tap is to cancel the effect of platform noise on a principal located at the principal tap.

A receiver to perform equalization comprising:

• a radio frequency tuner coupled to a communication channel, wherein the radio frequency tuner is to receive a signal transmitted on the communication channel,
• a synchronous detector coupled to the radio frequency tuner, wherein the synchronous detector is to convert the pulse amplitude modulated signal into a quadrature amplitude modulated signal,
• an equalizer coupled to the synchronous detector, wherein the equalizer further comprises a processing unit and an equalization unit,
• wherein the processing unit is to determine a location of a principal tap, a location a platform noise tap, and a pre-cursor tap in a feedforward path of an equalizer, determine a location of a post-cursor tap, a location of a cross-term tap, and a location of a portable tap in a feedback path of the equalizer, and align the portable tap in the feedback path with the principal tap in the feedforward path,
• wherein the position of the platform noise tap is to cancel the effect of platform noise on a principal located at the principal tap.

A system comprising:

• a platform comprising one or more processors, a memory, a display device, and buses, and
• a network interface card coupled to the platform, wherein the network interface card further comprises a transmitter and a receiver, wherein the receiver is to,
• receive a signal transmitted on a communication channel,
• convert the pulse amplitude modulated signal into a quadrature amplitude modulated signal,
• determine a location of a principal tap, a location a platform noise tap, and a pre-cursor tap in a feedforward path of an equalizer,
• determine a location of a post-cursor tap, a location of a cross-term tap, and a location of a portable tap in a feedback path of the equalizer, and
• align the portable tap in the feedback path with the principal tap in the feedforward path,
• wherein the position of the platform noise tap is to cancel the effect of platform noise on a principal located at the principal tap.