Design for centres of RBF neural networks for fast time-varying channel equalisation

A radial basis function (RBF) neural network, combined with a channel estimator, is used for fast time-varying channel equalisation. A new method for calculating RBF centres and weights is proposed to reduce the number of hidden units in the high-order RBF equaliser. A Rayleigh fading channel model and 10 million random symbols are used in the simulation studies. Very good equalisation performance is achieved by using a high-order RBF network with only eight centres.