Reduced Complexity Schnorr-Euchner Sphere Decoders in MIMO Applications

  • Le Minh-Tuan (School of Eng., Information & Communications University (ICU)) ;
  • Pham Van-Su (School of Eng., Information & Communications University (ICU)) ;
  • Linh Mai (School of Eng., Information & Communications University (ICU)) ;
  • Yoon Gi-Wan (School of Eng., Information & Communications University (ICU))
  • Published : 2006.05.01

Abstract

We present two techniques based on lookup tables to reduce complexity of the well-known Schnorr-Euchner (SE) sphere decoder (SD) without introducing performance degradation. By the aid of lookup tables, the computational loads caused by the SE enumeration and decision feedback are reduced at the cost of higher storage capacity. Simulation results are provided to verify performance and complexity of the proposed decoders.

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