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VLSI architecture of a K-best detector for MIMO–OFDM wireless communication systems

Jian Haifang and Shi Yin

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DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/30/7/075004

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Abstract: The K-best detector is considered as a promising technique in the MIMO–OFDM detection because of its good performance and low complexity. In this paper, a new K-best VLSI architecture is presented. In the proposed architecture, the metric computation units (MCUs) expand each surviving path only to its partial branches, based on the novel expansion scheme, which can predetermine the branches' ascending order by their local distances. Then a distributed sorter sorts out the new K surviving paths from the expanded branches in pipelines. Compared to the conventional K-best scheme, the proposed architecture can approximately reduce fundamental operations by 50% and 75% for the 16-QAM and the 64-QAM cases, respectively, and, consequently, lower the demand on the hardware resource significantly. Simulation results prove that the proposed architecture can achieve a performance very similar to conventional K-best detectors. Hence, it is an efficient solution to the K-best detector's VLSI implementation for high-throughput MIMO–OFDM systems.

Key words: MIMO–OFDM

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    Received: 18 August 2015 Revised: 09 March 2009 Online: Published: 01 July 2009

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      Jian Haifang, Shi Yin. VLSI architecture of a K-best detector for MIMO–OFDM wireless communication systems[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2009, 30(7): 075004. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/30/7/075004 ****Jian H F, Shi Y. VLSI architecture of a K-best detector for MIMO–OFDM wireless communication systems[J]. J. Semicond., 2009, 30(7): 075004. doi:  10.1088/1674-4926/30/7/075004.
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      Jian Haifang, Shi Yin. VLSI architecture of a K-best detector for MIMO–OFDM wireless communication systems[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2009, 30(7): 075004. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/30/7/075004 ****
      Jian H F, Shi Y. VLSI architecture of a K-best detector for MIMO–OFDM wireless communication systems[J]. J. Semicond., 2009, 30(7): 075004. doi:  10.1088/1674-4926/30/7/075004.

      VLSI architecture of a K-best detector for MIMO–OFDM wireless communication systems

      DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/30/7/075004
      • Received Date: 2015-08-18
      • Accepted Date: 2008-12-12
      • Revised Date: 2009-03-09
      • Published Date: 2009-07-10

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