A Data Detection Scheme for Single-Carrier Block Transmission Using Sphere Decoding Algorithm

Abstract

In this paper, an efficient sphere decoding algorithm (SDA) applied to solve the inter-symbol-interference (ISI) data detection problem is proposed. This proposed algorithm takes advantages of the SDA to obtain the solution close to ML solution with the simplified K-best tree search method for the ISI data detection under ISI effect. Compared with the frequency-domain MMSE or Zero-Forcing equalization techniques for SCBT (Single-Carrier Block Transmission) systems, this algorithm can perform at least 1.5dB better than frequency-domain equalizers under the environment of randomly generated channel impulse responses.