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Energy Efficient SQRD Processor for LTE-A using a Group-sort Update Scheme

Zhang, Chenxin LU ; Prabhu, Hemanth LU ; Liu, Liang LU orcid ; Edfors, Ove LU orcid and Öwall, Viktor LU (2014) IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2014 p.193-196
Abstract
This paper presents an energy-efficient sorted QR decomposition (SQRD) processor for 3GPP LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems. The processor adopts a hybrid decomposition scheme to reduce computational complexity and provides a wide-range of performance complexity trade-offs. Based on the energy distribution of spatial channels, it switches between the brute-force SQRD and a low-complexity group-sort QR-update strategy, which is proposed in this work to effectively utilize the LTE-A pilot pattern. As a proof of concept, a run-time reconfigurable vector processor is developed to efficiently implement this adaptive-switching QR decomposition algorithm. In a 65nm CMOS technology, the proposed SQRD processor occupies 0.71 mm2 core area and has a... (More)
This paper presents an energy-efficient sorted QR decomposition (SQRD) processor for 3GPP LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems. The processor adopts a hybrid decomposition scheme to reduce computational complexity and provides a wide-range of performance complexity trade-offs. Based on the energy distribution of spatial channels, it switches between the brute-force SQRD and a low-complexity group-sort QR-update strategy, which is proposed in this work to effectively utilize the LTE-A pilot pattern. As a proof of concept, a run-time reconfigurable vector processor is developed to efficiently implement this adaptive-switching QR decomposition algorithm. In a 65nm CMOS technology, the proposed SQRD processor occupies 0.71 mm2 core area and has a throughput of up to 100MQRD/s. Compared to the brute-force approach, an energy reduction of 5~33% is achieved. (Less)
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keywords
QR decomposition, Sorted QRD, LTE-A, MIMO, Energy
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[Host publication title missing]
pages
4 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2014
conference location
Melbourne, Australia
conference dates
2014-06-01 - 2014-06-05
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  • wos:000346488600047
  • scopus:84907400358
ISSN
0271-4310
2158-1525
ISBN
978-1-4799-3431-7
DOI
10.1109/ISCAS.2014.6865098
project
High Performance Embedded Computing
EIT_SOS VINNOVA Industrial Excellence Center - System Design on Silicon
language
English
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yes
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  abstract     = {{This paper presents an energy-efficient sorted QR decomposition (SQRD) processor for 3GPP LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems. The processor adopts a hybrid decomposition scheme to reduce computational complexity and provides a wide-range of performance complexity trade-offs. Based on the energy distribution of spatial channels, it switches between the brute-force SQRD and a low-complexity group-sort QR-update strategy, which is proposed in this work to effectively utilize the LTE-A pilot pattern. As a proof of concept, a run-time reconfigurable vector processor is developed to efficiently implement this adaptive-switching QR decomposition algorithm. In a 65nm CMOS technology, the proposed SQRD processor occupies 0.71 mm2 core area and has a throughput of up to 100MQRD/s. Compared to the brute-force approach, an energy reduction of 5~33% is achieved.}},
  author       = {{Zhang, Chenxin and Prabhu, Hemanth and Liu, Liang and Edfors, Ove and Öwall, Viktor}},
  booktitle    = {{[Host publication title missing]}},
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  keywords     = {{QR decomposition; Sorted QRD; LTE-A; MIMO; Energy}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{193--196}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Energy Efficient SQRD Processor for LTE-A using a Group-sort Update Scheme}},
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  doi          = {{10.1109/ISCAS.2014.6865098}},
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