Complexity Reduction for Space-Time Block Codes Decoder in MIMO OFDM Systems

  • Pham Van-Su (students in Communication and Electronics Lab(CEL), Information and Communications University(ICU)) ;
  • Le Minh-Tuan (students in Communication and Electronics Lab(CEL), Information and Communications University(ICU)) ;
  • Mai Linh (students in Communication and Electronics Lab(CEL), Information and Communications University(ICU)) ;
  • Yoon Giwan (Information and Communications University(ICU))
  • Published : 2005.06.01

Abstract

In this work, we first present our study on the decoding schemes for space-time block code as well as our comments on their complexity. Then, we propose a new modified complex sphere decoding scheme, which has lower computational load than that of conventional complex sphere decoders. In the proposed scheme, the boundary for searching is aided with the intersection of approximate polygon of searching circle and disk of constellation. Therefore, the proposed scheme can reduce the searching boundary while can avoid missing searching points. The performance of the proposed scheme is verified by computer simulation that consolidates our scheme.

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