Performance analysis and comparison of m x n zero forcing and MMSE equalizer based receiver for mimo wireless channel

• Main Authors: N. Sathish Kumar, K. R. Shankar Kumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Prince of Songkla University 2011-06-01
• Series: Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST)
• Subjects: MIMO; Zero forcing Equalizer; ISI; BER; linear equalization; MMSE
• Online Access: http://rdo.psu.ac.th/sjstweb/journal/33-3/0125-3395-33-3-335-340.pdf

Wireless transmission is affected by fading and interference effects which can be combated with equalizer.The useof MIMO system promises good improvement in terms of spectral efficency,link relaibility andSignal to Noise Ratio (SNR).The effect of fading and interference always causes an issue for signal recovery in wireless communication. Equalizationcompensates for Intersymbol Interference (ISI) created by multipath within time dispersive channels. This paper analyses theperformance of Zeroforcing and MMSE equalizer for MIMO wireless chaneels. The simulation results are obtained usingMatLab tool box version 7.0 at RF signal processing lab.The Bit Error Rate (BER) characteristics for the various transmittingand receiveing antennna is simulated in matlab tool box and many advantages and disdvantagesof the system is descrbed.The simulation results show that the equalizer based zero forcing receiver is good for noise free channel and is successfulin remving ISI,but MMSE is a better choice than ZF in terms of BER charateristics and under Noise performance.