GENERALIZATION OF WIDELY LINEAR FILTERING CONCEPTS FOR EQUALIZATION AND INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION IN PAM/QAM SYSTEMS

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my wife, and my son NikhilACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis work would not have been possible without the help and encouragement of many friends and colleagues. Foremost, I would like to thank my supervising professor Dr. Vasant Prabhu for motivating me to undertake doctoral studies while I was working at Nokia. I am fortunate to have him as a mentor and guide in both my professional and personal life. I also thank my committee members Dr. Bredow, Dr. Han, Dr. Lewis, and Dr. Manry for taking the time to serve in my dissertation committee. I would also like to extend my appreciation to Nokia for supporting my doctoral studies. Specifically, I wish to thank Pekka Ranta, Riku Pirhonen, Eero Nikula, Olav Tirkkonen, Yrjo Kaipainen, Tony Reid, Sami Hoisko, and Seppo Yrjola for supporting my thesis work in various phases. I would like to thank my line managers at Nokia Craig Greer and Dennis McCain for letting me take time off towards my thesis work. I am indebted to my friend Gian Paolo Mattellini for introducing me to the basic concepts of widely linear filtering. The results of Chapter 3 and 4 can trace its roots to discussions with Gian Paolo and Aravind Ganesan. I benefited immensely from long discussions with my friend Charlie Zhang during the course of this thesis. I would like to acknowledge two persons, my elementary school teacher Venkateswarlu Borra and my uncle Govindaiah Kuchi, who played a significant role in shaping up my character during the early part of my life. Finally, I am extremely grateful to my mother Vijaya and father Ramaiah Kuchi, my sisters Satyavani, Sravanthi and my beloved wife Srujana for their sacrifice, encouragement and patience.