Low complexity detection algorithms based on ADMIN for massive MIMO

Abstract

This paper proposes the alternating direction method of multipliers-based infinity-norm (ADMIN) with threshold (ADMIN-T) and with percentage (ADMIN-P) detection algorithms, which make full use of the distribution of the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) for an uplink massive MIMO system. The ADMIN-T and ADMIN-P detection algorithms are improved visions of the ADMIN detection algorithm, in which an appropriate SINR threshold in the ADMIN-T detection algorithm and a certain percentage in the ADMIN-P detection algorithm are designed to reduce the overall computational complexity. The detected symbols are divided into two parts by the SINR threshold which is based on the cumulative probability density function (CDF) of SINR and a percentage, respectively. The symbols in higher SINR part are detected by MMSE. The interference of these symbols is then cancelled by successive interference cancellation (SIC). Afterwards the remaining symbols with low SINR are iteratively detected by ADMIN. The simulation results show that the ADMIIN-T and the ADMIN-P detection algorithms provide a significant performance gain compared with some recently proposed detection algorithms. In addition, the computational complexity of ADMIN-T and ADMIN-P are significantly reduced. Furthermore, in the case of same number of transceiver antennas, the proposed algorithms have a higher performance compared with the case of asymmetric transceiver antennas.