Series in Microelectronics
edited by
Wolfgang Fichtner
Qiuting Huang
Heinz Jäckel
Hans Melchior
George S. Moschytz
Gerhard Tröster
Andreas Burg
VLSI
Circuits for MIMO Communication Systems.
2006; 212 pages. € 64,00. ISBN 3-86628-066-1
The topic of this dissertation is the development of
low-complexity receivers for multiple-input
multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication systems. In the thesis, the
available algorithm choices for MIMO detection are analyzed and compared with
respect to their error rate performance and their VLSI implementation
complexity. For the most promising schemes, suitable hardware architectures are
proposed and new reduced-complexity
algorithms are developed. The main contribution of this work is the development
of new optimized algorithms and corresponding efficient VLSI architectures for
MIMO detection with close-to maximum likelihood error rate performance based on
tree-search algorithms. In conclusion, the presented application specific
integrated circuits (ASICs) provide reference for the true silicon complexity
of advanced
MIMO receivers.
Andreas Burg
was born in 1975. He studied electrical engineering at the ETH Zurich and
received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in 2000. He then joined the Integrated Systems
Laboratory (IIS) of ETH Zurich to work on integrated circuits and signal
processing for wireless communication. During his graduate studies he also
worked at Siemens Semiconductor, San Jose, CA and during his doctoral studies,
he was a visiting researcher with Bell Labs Wireless Research for a total of
one year. In 2000, Mr. Burg received the ``Willi Studer Award'' and the ETH
Medal for his diploma and his diploma thesis, respectively.
Keywords:
MIMO, VLSI, Sphere Decoder, K-Best
Decoder, V-BLAST, Maximum Likelihood, Wireless Communication, V-BLAST, Linear
Detection
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