Effects of Some Lattice Reductions on the Success Probability of the Zero-Forcing Decoder

Zero-forcing (ZF) decoder is a commonly used approximation solution of the integer least squares problem, which arises in communications and many other applications. Numerical simulations have shown that the LLL reduction can usually improve the success probability P
_ZF
of the ZF decoder. In this letter, we first rigorously show that both SQRD and V-BLAST, two commonly used lattice reductions, have no effect on P
_ZF
. Then, we show that LLL reduction can improve P
_ZF
when n = 2, we also analyze how the parameter δ in the LLL reduction affects the enhancement of PZF. Finally, an example is given which shows that the LLL reduction decrease P
_ZF
when n ≥ 3.