Reconfigurable K-best algorithm for MIMO detection systems

Author

Lin, Kuang-Hao ; Lin, Chih-Hung ; Chang, Robert Chen-Hao ; Chang, I-Ju

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Chin-Yi Univ. of Technol., Taiping, Taiwan

fYear

2009

fDate

8-10 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The maximum likelihood (ML) detection is the optimal detection method for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems. The normal K-best sphere decoding algorithm (SDA) can guarantee a fixed throughput, but it induces a large bit error rate (BER) degradation. In order to achieve close-to-ML performance, the K value needs to be sufficiently large. Thus, it needs large computation with long latency and low throughput. In this paper, a reconfigurable K-best SDA is proposed by using fixed K values for different layers of K-best detection, which can increase the MIMO detection performance. The architecture of 4Ã—4 MIMO detector is designed for both 16QAM and 64QAM modulation.

Keywords

MIMO communication; decoding; error statistics; maximum likelihood detection; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16QAM modulation; 64QAM modulation; BER degradation; MIMO detection systems; large bit error rate degradation; low throughput; maximum likelihood detection; multiple-input multiple-output communication systems; normal K-best sphere decoding algorithm; reconfigurable K-best algorithm; Bit error rate; Computer architecture; Detectors; MIMO; Maximum likelihood decoding; Maximum likelihood detection; Receiving antennas; Space technology; Throughput; Wireless communication; Detection; K-Best; MIMO; Maximum Likelihood; Sphere Decoding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 2009. ICICS 2009. 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Macau

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4656-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4657-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICS.2009.5397648

Filename

5397648