This text seeks to clarify various contradictory claims regarding capabilities and limitations of blind equalization. It highlights basic operating conditions and potential for malfunction. The authors also address concepts and principles of blind algorithms for single input multiple output (SIMO) systems and multi-user extensions of SIMO equalization and identification.

Zhi Ding, Ye Li

Basic concepts and approaches; single input single output blind equalization; algorithms; linear multichannel blind identification from second order statistics; frequency domain approach to single user channel identification.