Tree Search Detection Algorithms for Equalizing Single-Carrier Block Transmission Signals and Separating Spatially Multiplexed Signals

博士 === 國立成功大學 === 電腦與通信工程研究所 === 105 === In this dissertation, we propose efficient tree search detection algorithms to combat two types of interference that commonly arises in wireless communication systems: (i) inter-symbol interference (ISI) in the single-carrier block transmission (SCBT) systems...

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Main Authors: Jiun-JieJia, 賈鈞傑
Other Authors: Kuei-Chiang Lai
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/dyc36g
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Summary:博士 === 國立成功大學 === 電腦與通信工程研究所 === 105 === In this dissertation, we propose efficient tree search detection algorithms to combat two types of interference that commonly arises in wireless communication systems: (i) inter-symbol interference (ISI) in the single-carrier block transmission (SCBT) systems in frequency-selective channels, and (ii) inter-antenna interference (IAI) in spatial multiplexing (SM) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. For SCBT systems, a conventional, low-complexity approach to ISI mitigation is to use frequency-domain equalization (FDE). However, FDE in the literature is limited to symbol-by-symbol detection only, such as the frequency-domain linear equalizer, iterative block decision feedback equalizer (IBDFE), as well as the hybrid decision feedback equalizer (HDFE) that combines a frequency-domain feedforward filter and a time-domain feedback filter. Although with a low complexity, the performance of these detectors considerably lag behind that of the optimal maximum-likelihood sequence detector (MLSD). To improve the performance of symbol-by-symbol detectors while preserving the implementation advantages of FDE, we propose in this dissertation two hybrid-domain sequence detectors. The first one, referred to as the FDF-M algorithm, combines FD prefiltering with time-domain tree search using the M-algorithm. The proposed FDF-M algorithm achieves a detection performance that is very close to that of the conventional time-domain sequence detectors (which employ the QRD-M or sphere decoding algorithm), but with a much lower complexity. Due to running the M-algorithm, however, the complexity of FDF-M is still quite high (with respect to that of HDFE) for high-order modulation, and the tree search stage does not exhibit a high degree of parallelism. To address these issues, we propose the second hybrid-domain sequence detector, referred to as the parallel HDFE (P-HDFE) algorithm. It adaptively operates, based on the reliability of the decision variable, as an ordinary HDFE or a tree search detector constructed by multiple HDFEs that run in parallel. Our study shows that, at moderate to high signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs), P-HDFE significantly outperforms HDFE with little increase in complexity. We analyze the symbol-error rate of P-HDFE at high SNRs for the case of quaternary phase-shift keying and static ISI channels, accounting for error propagation and residual ISI. Simulations demonstrate the accuracy of the analysis. For MIMO systems, hybrid tree search algorithms for maximum likelihood symbol detection are described. Essentially, the search tree is iteratively expanded in the breadth-first (BF) manner until the probability that the current most likely path is correct exceeds the specified threshold, at which point the depth-first (DF) stage is initiated to traverse the rest of the tree. In contrast to the sphere decoding algorithm (SDA), which starts off with the DF search, the proposed algorithms use the BF stage to enhance the accuracy of the initial DF search direction, by exploiting the diversity inherent in the SM scheme. Simulation results demonstrate that, with a moderate increase in the memory requirement, the proposed algorithms achieve a significantly lower complexity than the SDA in many scenarios.