Blind equalization of underwater acoustic channelusing a combined constant modulus algorithm

A kind of Combined Constant Modulus Algorithm (CCMA) is presented to compensate the defects of the Constant Modulus Algorithm (CMA) and the Sign Error CMA (SECMA). And CCMA is applied to the equalization of the underwater acoustic channel (UWAC). Based on the decision of the equalizer‘s output, its iteration process switches between CMA and SECMA automatically. It is more robust than SECMA, and more computationally efficient than CMA. Therefore, it is very suitable for the recovery of the underwater data transmission. The performance of CCMA is proven by computer simulation for the equalization of the UWAC.