Patent ID: 8040959
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for MIMO-OFDM detection comprising: receiving a first MIMO-OFDM sub-carrier and receiving a second MIMO-OFDM sub-carrier; assigning a first type of detector having a first complexity to estimate a symbol of the first MIMO-OFDM sub-carrier; assigning a second type of detector having a second complexity to estimate a symbol of the second MIMO-OFDM sub-carrier, the first complexity being different than the second complexity; computing a list metric for all sub-carriers prior to assigning a list length to a type of detector; assigning a first list length to a the first type of detector and assigning a second list length to the second type of detector based on at least one assignment method selected from a group consisting of: providing symbol estimates produced by the first type of detector and the second type of detector to a decoder.