Multiuser Detection (multiuser + detection)

Distribution by Scientific Domains


Selected Abstracts


Iterative channel estimation and data detection in frequency-selective fading MIMO channels,

EUROPEAN TRANSACTIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Issue 5 2004
Maja Lon
Signals transmitted through multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless channels suffer from multiple-access interference (MAI), multipath propagation and additive noise. Iterative multiuser receiver algorithms mitigate these signal impairments, while offering a good tradeoff between performance and complexity. The receiver presented in this paper performs channel estimation, multiuser detection and decoding in an iterative manner. The estimation of the frequency selective, block-fading channel is initiated with the pilot symbols. In subsequent iterations, soft decisions of all the data symbols are used in an appropriate way to improve the channel estimates. This approach leads to significant improvement of the overall receiver performance, compared to other schemes. The bit-error-rate (BER) performance of the receiver is evaluated by simulations for different parameter setups. Copyright © 2004 AEI. [source]


A novel approach to enable decorrelating multiuser detection without matrix inversion operations

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, Issue 9 2004
Hsiao-Hwa Chen
Abstract This paper proposes a non-matrix inversion based algorithm to implement decorrelating detection (DD), namely quasi-decorrelating detector (QDD), which uses truncated matrix series expansion to overcome the problems associated with the matrix inversion in DD, such as noise enhancement, computational complexity and matrix singularity, etc. Two alternative QDD implementation schemes are presented in this paper; one is to use multi-stage feedforward filters and the other is to use an nth order single matrix filter (neither of which involves matrix inversion). In addition to significantly reduced computational complexity if compared with DD, the QDD algorithm offers a unique flexibility to trade among MAI suppression, near-far resistance and noise enhancement depending on varying system set-ups. The obtained results show that the QDD outperforms DD in either AWGN or multipath channel if a proper number of feed-forward stages can be used. We will also study the impact of correlation statistics of spreading codes on the QDD's performance with the help of a performance-determining factor derived in the paper, which offers a code-selection guideline for the optimal performance of QDD algorithm. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Adaptive joint beamforming and B-MMSE detection for CDMA signal reception under multipath interference

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, Issue 7 2004
Hsiao-Hwa Chen
Abstract The combination of antenna array beamforming with multiuser detection can effectively improve the detection efficiency of a wireless system under multipath interference, especially in a fast-fading channel. This paper studies the performance of an adaptive beamformer incorporated with a block-wise minimum mean square error(B-MMSE) detector, which works on a unique signal frame characterized by training sequence preamble and data blocks segmented by zero-bits. Both beam-former weights updating and B-MMSE detection are carried out by either least mean square (LMS) or recursive least square (RLS) algorithm. The comparison of the two adaptive algorithms applied to both beamformer and B-MMSE detector will be made in terms of convergence behaviour and estimation mean square error. Various multipath patterns are considered to test the receiver's responding rapidity to changing multipath interference. The performance of the adaptive B-MMSE detector is also compared with that of non-adaptive version (i.e. through direct matrix inversion). The final performance in error probability simulation reveals that the RLS/B-MMSE scheme outperforms non-adaptive B-MMSE by 1,5 dB, depending on the multipath channel delay profiles of concern. The obtained results also suggest that adaptive beamformer should use RLS algorithm for its fast and robust convergence property; while the B-MMSE filter can choose either LMS or RLS algorithm depending on antenna array size, multipath severity and implementation complexity. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Application of semi definite relaxation and variable neighborhood search for multiuser detection in synchronous CDMA

NETWORKS: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, Issue 3 2010
Abdel Lisser
Abstract In this article, a detection strategy based on variable neighborhood search (VNS) and semidefinite relaxation of the multiuser model maximum likelihood (ML) is investigated. The VNS method provides a good method for solving the ML problem while keeping the integer constraints. A SDP relaxation is used as an efficient way to generate an initial solution in a limited amount of time, in particular using early termination. The SDP resolution tool used is the spectral bundle method developed by Helmberg. We show that using VNS can result in a better error rate, but at a cost of calculation time. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. NETWORKS, 2010 [source]