POLYNOMIAL TOOLBOXTM FOR MATLABTM AND COMPLEX POLYNOMIALS IN COMMUNICATIONS ∗

Quite recently the polynomial design methods found a new great field of application outside the control area: the algebraic approach have been used successfully in signal processing and mobile communications. In contrast to the control systems synthesis, polynomials and polynomial matrices with complex coefficients are often required when designing filters, equalizers, decouplers and other components of mobile phones for instance. Polynomial Toolbox for MATLAB admits complex polynomials in most computations, including Diophantine equations and spectral factorizations. As a result, the toolbox appears a suitable tool for rapid prototyping whenever polynomial design routines with complex coefficients are required. The objective of this report is twofold. First we would like to explain in a clear and popular manner how the complex coefficients arise in technical practice. Based on this motivation, we will present important numerical algorithms for complex polynomials and polynomial matrices and their implementation in the Polynomial Toolbox for MATLAB. The power of the Toolbox will be illustrated by selected numerical examples involving complex coefficients finally.