A system and method of removing discrete spurious signals in cable
broadband environments as well as in other RF environments employs either
non-decision directed or decision directed techniques in order to remove
the discrete spurious signals. The non-decision directed technique
converts the signal of interest such that the spurious signal's frequency
is approximately zero, filters out the converted spurious signal, and
then reconverts the signal of interest back to its original location. The
decision directed technique employs a decision mechanism such as a slicer
to regenerate a spurious signal that is subtracted from the signal of
interest containing the actual spurious signal such that the actual
spurious signal is removed from the signal of interest.