Multi-User MIMO Precoder Design via Genetic Search

This paper presents a new precoding approach based on a genetic algorithm to search for coded codewords applied to a multi-user MIMO system. The main idea hinges on the definition of coded codewords in which no codebook is previously stored at transmitter and receiver. In this manner, the precoder aims to maximize the sum capacity in order to solve the optimization problem by searching for the best coded codewords for all users. The performance evaluation and complexity analysis show that our approach offers outstanding performance and low complexity compared with the multi-user MIMO precoding scheme based on the Grassmannian codebook. The proposed method uses a multiplier-free precoding suitable for VLSI implementation.