Low-Complexity MIMO Detection Based on DRSD With ISMMSE-PIC

This paper introduces a low-complexity multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) detection method based on dimension-reduction-soft-demodulation (DRSD) with iterative soft minimum-mean-squared-error parallel interference cancellation (ISMMSE-PIC). The conventional ISMMSE-PIC detection method exhibits several drawbacks, such as inordinate dependence on decoder performance and modulation-order sensitivity. Therefore, a DRSD-based strategy is presented to search over a part of the set of transmitted symbols for calculating log-likelihood ratio (LLR) values, such as maximum likelihood detection, to improve detection performance. The scheme for the rest of the symbols directly utilizes ISMMSE-PIC detection for computing the corresponding LLR values. The computational complexity of the proposed scheme is similar to that of ISMMSE-PIC, whereas its bit error rate performance is comparatively higher. The complexity analysis and simulation results validate the proposed algorithm.