Dynamic resource allocation to improve MIMO detection performance
US8040959B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2025/03426
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting symbols in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (“MIMO-OFDM”) system. A MIMO-OFDM receiver includes a first detector that estimates a symbol of a first MIMO-OFDM sub-carrier and a second detector that estimates a symbol of a second MIMO-OFDM sub-carrier. The second detector differs in complexity from the first detector. A detector control block is coupled to the detectors. The detector control block assigns the first detector to process the first MIMO-OFDM sub-carrier and assigns the second detector to process the second MIMO-OFDM sub-carrier. The detector control block computes a list metric for a sub-carrier. Based on the list metric the detector control block assigns a candidate symbol list length to the detector processing the sub-carrier. Alternately, the detector control block assigns one of a variety of detector types to a sub-carrier based on the sub-carrier list metric.
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