This paper aims to improve the performance of DS-CDMA receiver by using a new adaptive equalizer with a modified sign-algorithm based on Laguerre filter structure. The proposed algorithm is modified version of the conventional sign-regressor algorithm for a Laguerre filter. By the simulation result, the BER performance of the proposed algorithm is shown to be better than the classical sign-regressor (SR) algorithm and the recursive least square (RLS) algorithm in multipath channel. This equalizer not only reduce the effected of ISI, MAI and the implementation cost, but also minimizes the computational complexity and supports the long impulse response system.
