Low-complexity iterative quantum multi-user detection in SDMA systems

Abstract

The potentially excessive complexity of the Maximum Likelihood Multi-User Detector (ML MUD) in large-scale Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) systems dictates the employment of low-complexity sub-optimal MUDs in the context of conventional systems. However, this limitation was circumvented by the recently proposed Dürr-Høyer Algorithm (DHA)-aided Quantum Weighted Sum Algorithm (QWSA)-based Quantum Multi-User Detector (QMUD) employed for performing optimal ML iterative detection in SDMA systems. Focusing our attention on the QWSA, we analyse the QMUD and the evolution of the quantum system with the aid of a simple SDMA uplink scenario. We characterize the performance of the DHA-QWSA QMUD advocated, which is capable of matching the performance of the ML MUD both in terms of its EXIT charts and BER curves.