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Abstract

Training sequences designed for N-VSB systems within the embodiment of an N-squared QAM receiver facilitate designing 8-VSB receivers using methodologies of 64-QAM receiver design. A receiver designed using such methodologies converts the received modulation into a signal which can be accepted by circuitry for decoding 64 level quadrature-amplitude modulation (64-QAM) signals. This process provides a better signal to noise ratio reception than the conventional I-channel only decoding circuitry of most 8-VSB receivers. This process also employs training and equalizing algorithms developed for 64-QAM receivers which are superior to equivalent algorithms for 8-VSB receivers. The invention can be generalized to N-VSB conversion into M-QAM where M=N.sup.2. Adaptive equalization algorithms for 8-VSB transmissions implemented within the context of the 64 QAM receiver are superior to present single-channel VSP processing receivers. Present 64 QAM equalization strategies can be employed when receiving an 8-VSB waveform, given removal of the pilot tone and time offset, except when employing a training sequence. Modifications to the 8-VSB training sequence specification are employed for operation within a 64 QAM receiver design.

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