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Abstract-This paper presents an in-depth analysis of the zero deal with the unknown channel coefficients in multiple
forcing (ZF) and minimum mean squared error (MMSE) antenna systems [8]
equalizers applied to wireless multi-input multi-output In this paper, we present an in-depth analysis of the perfor-
(MIMO) systems with no fewer receive than transmit mance of the zero forcing (ZF) and minimum mean squared
antennas. In spite of much prior work on this subject, we
error (MMSE) equalizers applied to the channel given in a
reveal several new and surprising analytical results in terms of
output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), by comparing the Bit Error MIMO system with M transmit antennas and N receive
Rate (BER) and the average detection time consuming. antennas.
Simulation based on the platform of MATLAB. We discuss the The linear ZF and MMSE equalizers are classic functional
case where there a multiple transmit antennas and multiple blocks and are ubiquitous in digital communications. They
receive antennas resulting in the formation of a Multiple Input are also the building blocks of more advanced
Multiple Output (MIMO) channel with Zero Forcing communication schemes such as the decision feedback
equalizer, MIMO with MMSE equalizer, MIMO with ZF equalizer (DFE), or equivalently, [9].
Successive Interference Cancellation equalizer, MIMO with
ML equalization, MIMO with MMSE SIC and optimal II. PROBLEM FORMULATION
ordering
Let us consider a MIMO system with M transmits antennas
Keywords- MIMO, ZF , ML, MMSE , BER , SNR and N receives antennas. Then the channel output is written
as:
I. INTRODUCTION
y = Hx + w H R m n (1)
Automatic modulation recognition has recently attracted
m n
many research works. Modulation recognition techniques Where H R is the MIMO channels matrix,
can be divided in two categories; recognition from the signal x A is the transmitted symbol matrix and W R m is
n
samples and the recognition from its symbols. In the an additive noise matrix whose elements are assumed to be
recognition from the samples, which covers the majority of i.e. complex Gaussian random variables.
the worldwide research, the modulation is recognized from
the signal features while in the recognition from the The performance of MIMO communication system can be
symbols; symbols are first derived and based on them the measured in term of binary success rate (BER).
modulation is recognized [1]. The probability of mistake is generally calculated according
The goal of achieving high-speed reliable data transmission
over highly dynamic wireless media has generated a lot of to SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) report .
research activities in the information theory, Hx 2
communications and signal processing communities. One of = 2 (2)
the major challenges there is due to fading, where the W
wireless channels may vary over time [2].
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system can greatly We choice s = Hx ,
improve the channel capacity and transmission reliability,
by using multiple antennas at both the transmitter and the m 2 m n 2
s = s k = hkj x j
2
receiver, without overhead of transmission power and
k =1
bandwidth. MIMO technology has become one of the most k =1 j =1 (3)
promising and key technologies in the fourth generation m n
= hkj . x j = E S .n .m
2 2
mobile communication. But MIMO detection is
computation extensive and nota trivial work [3]. k =1 j =1
MIMO systems have received a significant amount of
attention in recent years for the promise of greatly
increasing spectral efficiency and exploiting both transmits Considering
and receives diversity when the channel state information is
w = 2.m .N 0
2
(4)
known. However, the wireless channel uncertainties,
especially in fast fading scenarios, pose challenges in
achieving the benefits in the MIMO systems [4] [5] [6] [7].
It usually takes more resources like power and bandwidth to We obtain the medium SNR:
BER------->
10
A. Influence of the length of ZF equalizer on the BER
characteristic according to the SNR -3
10
To value the BER according to the SNR for different
lengths of equalizer we suppose that the modulation is a
modulation 4-QAM (Quadratic and Amplitude -4
10
modulation) that the channel is multi - journeys. The
lengths of the channels used are
C 1 = 3,C 2 = 5,C 3 = 7,C 4 = 9 .
-5
10
0 5 10 15 20 25
SNR------->
The numeric simulation on Matlab is presented on figure 1
Figure 2. : BER according to the SNR for the QAM-4
modulations, QAM16, QAM-64 of a Equalizer ZF with c=9
Passing from QAM-4 to QAM-64 the number of possible
0
states, in the diagram of constellation, increase, therefore the
10 sim-c1=3
principle of worth precinct observed becomes more and more
sim-c2=5
sim-c3=7
complicate while sweeping the whole diagram then more that
-1 sim-c4=9 the number of state is big more the binary mistake
10
probability increases.
-2
BE R------->
10
C. Influence of the type of Equalizer on the BER variation
according to the SNR
-3
10
We suppose that c=9 and that the channel is multi -
journey to compare the characteristic BER according to
-4
10 the SNR for MMSE Equalizer than ZF Equalizer. We use
also QAM-4 modulation. The result of this comparison is
on the Figure3
-5
10
0 5 10 15 20 25
SNR(dB)------->
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10 Application of ZF detector
sim-zf
sim-mmse
-1
10 raileigh Creation of the vector
observed Y=HxS+W
-2
10
Calculation of BER=f (SNR)
BER------->
-3
10
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The numeric simulation on Matlab is presented on the
10 following figure 8
ZF4qam
ZF16qam 0
10
ZF64qam MMSE 4 qam
MMSE 16 qam
MMSE 64 qam
BER-------------->
-1
10
BER-------------->
-1
10
-2
10
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
SNR(dB)---------->
-2
10
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Figure 6. Performance BER=f (SNR) for ZF Equalizer, SNR(dB)---------->
n=m=4 for modulations QAM-4, QAM -16, QAM -64
Figure 8. Performance BER=f (SNR) for MMSE
One notices that one passer-by of the QAM-4 modulation
Equalizer, n=m=4 for modulation QAM-4, QAM -16,
in the QAM-64 modulation the binary success rate increases
QAM -64
therefore in a remarkable way the detector becomes more
and more less effective. For MMSE Equalizer, we nearly get the same pace of the
curves given by ZF Equalizer. Therefore we can
B. Performance in term of BER of MMSE Equalizer for generalize the same interpretation that the binary success
the different techniques of modulation rate increases with the number of states considered.
We apply the same algorithm used safe below one
changes the number of emitter n=5 and the receiving m=4 C. Performance in term of BER for ZF and MMSE
Equalizer for a system MIMO 6x6
Generation of the plot S=2x103 We made a comparison between ZF Equalizer and the
for QAM [-]
MMSE Equalizer for a system MIMO 6x6 with QAM-4
modulation.
Grouping by 5 components of
Generation of the plot
S
S=2x103 for QAM[-]
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BER-------------->
-2
0 10
10
ZF
MMSE
-3
10
BER-------------->
-4
-1 10
10 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
SNR(dB)---------->
-2
E. Performance in term of BER for ZF , MMSE,
10
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 ML,SD and SDR Equalizer for a system MIMO 6x8
SNR(dB)---------->
In this part, we applied the SDR (semi definite relaxation)
Figure 10. Performance BER=f (SNR) for ZF and method to a system sending some symbols in {-1, 1} for
MMSE Equalizer, n=m=6 with modulation QAM-4. n=6 and m=8, the results are on the figure 12. We can see
that the SD algorithm is more effective than the ZF, MMSE
The results of simulation analyze the performances of the and SDR methods.
algorithm proposed as comparing the BER gotten by
every Equalizer. In relation to ZF Equalizer, The MMSE 0
10
Equalizer presents the best performances in binary ZF
success rate minimization term. MMSE
SDR
-1 ML,SD
D. Performance in term of BER for ZF , MMSE, ML 10
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REFERENCE Accepted 24 June 2009 , Available online 3 July 2009
[1] N.Ahmadi , Rez.Berangi,"Modulation classification of QAM and PSK
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clustering, Department of computer engineering Iran University of
Science and Technology ,Tehran, Iran, This work was financially
supported by Iran Telecommunication Research Center (ITRC)
under grant No. 11670 .
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