Communications system using adaptive filter circuit using parallel adaptive filters

A communications system receives a modulated communication signal that carries encoded communications data. A signal input receives the communication signal. An adaptive filter circuit is connected to the signal input and comprises N adaptive filters in parallel. Each adaptive filter has non-adaptive and adaptive taps with weighted coefficients that are different in number from the other parallel adaptive filters within the adaptive filter circuit. A selection circuit is connected to each adaptive filter and selects for output the adaptive filter which has the most suppression or least output power or according to some other criterion which can indicate the best choice.