Performance tradeoffs in the VLSI implementation of the sphere decoding algorithm

IEE Conference Publication

Volumn , Issue 503, 2004, Pages 93-97

  Burg, A ^a   Borgmann, M ^a   Simon, C ^a   Wenk, M ^a   Zellweger, M ^a   Fichtner, W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

DSP IMPLEMENTATIONS; SIGNAL CONSTELLATIONS; SPHERE DECODING (SD); TREE PRUNING EFFICIENCY;

DECODING;

EID: 27644598543     PISSN: 05379989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp:20040642     Document Type: Conference Paper

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