Method for reducing equalizer complexity in communication links

A method for complexity reduction of an equalizer in a communication system comprising the steps of:

• (a) generating a full-length channel response acquisition for symbol patterns equal in length to, or longer than the length of a channel spread;
• (b) reducing an effective set of channel responses by averaging subsets of appropriate responses;
• (c) using the reduced set of responses of step (b) as a model channel response for lower complexity equalization;
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• wherein the reduced complexity equalizer is based on the reduction of model channel responses number by a specific grouping of all possible full-length channel responses, whereas each sub-group is subsequently represented by a single response, corresponding to an optionally weighted average of all responses in a particular sub-group, wherein the division into the sub-groups is performed with respect to the symbol patterns producing the channel responses.