A new normalized constant modulus algorithm is proposed that has a mor
e desirable error performance surface (EPS) than the existing constant
modulus blind equalization algorithms. We show that for an autoregres
sive channel, a well-known class of undesirable local solutions (ULS's
) does not exist, EPS's and convergence of the parameters are shown fo
r a number of channels for which well-known algorithms are known to po
ssess ULS's.