Signal detection by a receiver in a multiple antenna time-dispersive system
First Claim
1. A method for compensating for time dispersion in a receiver of a wireless system that has a plurality of transmit antennas and a plurality of receive antennas, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving samples for each receive antenna;
determining a joint equalizer solution using channel information for at least one pairing of at least one of said transmit antennas and said receive antennas; and
applying said determined joint equalizer solution to said received samples from at least one of said receive antennas to develop equalized samples.
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Abstract
In a MIMO system the bit error rate floor caused by time dispersion is reduced by employing a joint minimum mean square error (MMSE) equalizer for all of the respective transmit antenna—receive antenna pairings that are possible in the MIMO system. The resulting joint equalization compensates not only for the impact of the channel on the transmit antenna—receive antenna pairings but also for the interference of the other transmit antennas on any given receive antenna. The joint equalization outperforms simply replicating the prior art minimum mean square error (MMSE) equalizer for each transmit antenna—receive antenna pairings.
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42 Claims
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1. A method for compensating for time dispersion in a receiver of a wireless system that has a plurality of transmit antennas and a plurality of receive antennas, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving samples for each receive antenna;
determining a joint equalizer solution using channel information for at least one pairing of at least one of said transmit antennas and said receive antennas; and
applying said determined joint equalizer solution to said received samples from at least one of said receive antennas to develop equalized samples. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A receiver for use in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system in which a plurality of signal detectors receive signals transmitted by a plurality of signal sources, said receiver comprising:
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a joint equalizer that develops a joint equalizer solution using channel information for at least one pairing of said at least one of said signal sources and said signal detectors and supplies as an output a signal that includes at least said equalizer solution applied to a signal received by at least one of said signal detectors; and
a soft bit mapper for developing soft bits from said joint equalizer output. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A receiver for use in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system in which a plurality of receive antennas receive signals transmitted by a plurality of transmit antennas, said receiver comprising:
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means for developing a joint equalizer solution using channel information for at least one pairing of at least one of said transmit antennas and said receive antennas and supplies as an output a signal that includes at least said equalizer solution applied to a signal received by at least one of said receive antennas; and
means for developing soft bits from said joint equalizer output.
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