A reduced-complexity detection algorithm is proposed, which is applied to iterative receivers for multiple-input multiple-output （MIMO） systems. Unlike the exhaustive search over all the possible trans-mitted symbol...A reduced-complexity detection algorithm is proposed, which is applied to iterative receivers for multiple-input multiple-output （MIMO） systems. Unlike the exhaustive search over all the possible trans-mitted symbol vectors of the optimum maximum a posteriori probability （MAP） detector, the new algo-rithm evaluates only the symbol vectors that contribute significantly to the soft output of the detector. The algorithm is facilitated by carrying out the breadth-first search on a reconfigurable tree, constructed by computing the symbol reliability of each layer based on zero-forcing criterion and reordering the symbols according to the symbol reliabilities. Simulations are presented and the good performance of the new algo-rithm over a quasi-static Rayleigh channel even for relatively small list sizes are proved.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No.60332030, 60572157） and the High Technology Research and Development Pro-gramme of China （No.2003AA123310）.
文摘A reduced-complexity detection algorithm is proposed, which is applied to iterative receivers for multiple-input multiple-output （MIMO） systems. Unlike the exhaustive search over all the possible trans-mitted symbol vectors of the optimum maximum a posteriori probability （MAP） detector, the new algo-rithm evaluates only the symbol vectors that contribute significantly to the soft output of the detector. The algorithm is facilitated by carrying out the breadth-first search on a reconfigurable tree, constructed by computing the symbol reliability of each layer based on zero-forcing criterion and reordering the symbols according to the symbol reliabilities. Simulations are presented and the good performance of the new algo-rithm over a quasi-static Rayleigh channel even for relatively small list sizes are proved.
