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A Soft-Output MIMO Detector with Achievable Information Rate based Partial Marginalization

Hu, Sha LU and Rusek, Fredrik LU (2017) In IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 65(6). p.1622-1627
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a soft-output detector for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels that utilizes achievable information rate (AIR) based partial marginalization (PM). The proposed AIR based PM (AIR-PM) detector has superior performance compared to previously proposed PM designs and other soft-output detectors such as K-best, while at the same time yielding lower computational complexity, a detection latency that is independent of the number of transmit layers, and straightforward inclusion of soft input information. Using a tree representation of the MIMO signal, the key property of the AIRPM is that the connections among all child layers are broken. Therefore, least-square (LS) estimates used for marginalization are... (More)
In this paper, we propose a soft-output detector for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels that utilizes achievable information rate (AIR) based partial marginalization (PM). The proposed AIR based PM (AIR-PM) detector has superior performance compared to previously proposed PM designs and other soft-output detectors such as K-best, while at the same time yielding lower computational complexity, a detection latency that is independent of the number of transmit layers, and straightforward inclusion of soft input information. Using a tree representation of the MIMO signal, the key property of the AIRPM is that the connections among all child layers are broken. Therefore, least-square (LS) estimates used for marginalization are obtained independently and in parallel, which have better quality than the zero-forcing decision feedback (ZF-DF) estimates used in previous PM designs. Such a property of the AIRPM detector is designed via a mismatched detection model that maximizes the AIR. Furthermore, we show that the chain rule holds for the AIR calculation, which facilitates an information theoretic characterization of the AIR-PM detector. (Less)
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1053-587X
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10.1109/TSP.2016.2641393
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  author       = {{Hu, Sha and Rusek, Fredrik}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{03}},
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  pages        = {{1622--1627}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  series       = {{IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing}},
  title        = {{A Soft-Output MIMO Detector with Achievable Information Rate based Partial Marginalization}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2016.2641393}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/TSP.2016.2641393}},
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