• DocumentCode
    939597
  • Title

    MIMO Detection of 16-QAM Signaling Based on Semidefinite Relaxation

  • Author

    Yang, Yijin ; Zhao, Chunming ; Zhou, Peng ; Xu, Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Southeast Univ., Nanjing
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    797
  • Lastpage
    800
  • Abstract
    We propose a computationally efficient semidefinite relaxation (SDR) of the maximum likelihood (ML) detector for 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (16-QAM) in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The SDR stems from a variant of the ML problem, which utilizes set operation algorithms to formulate the alphabet constraint. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed method can provide improved error performance as compared to some previous detectors.
  • Keywords
    MIMO communication; maximum likelihood detection; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16-QAM signaling; MIMO detection; maximum likelihood detector; quadrature amplitude modulation; semidefinite relaxation; Maximum likelihood (ML) detection; multiple- input multiple-output (MIMO) systems; multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems; semidefinite relaxation (SDR);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Signal Processing Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1070-9908
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LSP.2007.901694
  • Filename
    4358006