Patent Publication Number: US-8982979-B2

Title: Methods and systems for reducing complexity of MIMO decoder

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The presently disclosed embodiments generally relate to processing of signals at Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) receiver. More particularly, the presently disclosed embodiments relate to a technique of QR decomposition in the MIMO receiver. 
     BACKGROUND 
     MIMO technology is one of the key technologies for enabling high throughput wireless communication. MIMO systems employ multiple antennas at both ends of a wireless link and can increase data rate by transmitting multiple data streams concurrently and in the same frequency band. Consequently, many wireless communication standards, for example, IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.16e, and 3GPP LTE may take advantage of MIMO technology. Unfortunately, the considerable throughput improvements entail a significant increase in signal processing complexity to detect the transmitted signal with low probability of error at the receiver. This process of estimating the transmitted signal is usually termed as MIMO detector or decoder. 
     QR decomposition is one of the key techniques for MIMO receivers, since numerous MIMO detection algorithms require the QR decomposition of the channel matrix as starting point. The main purpose of the QR decomposition technique is to factorize a complex channel matrix as a product of an orthogonal matrix and an upper triangular matrix. The various MIMO decoders like linear detection by back substitution, successive interference cancellation (SIC), and tree-search-based algorithms such as the maximum-likelihood performance-achieving sphere decoder use the QR decomposition technique. Hence, to meet the demands of all required MIMO algorithms, a highly efficient low complexity QR decomposition module is needed. 
     A known technique of MIMO decoder method by combining QR based Zero Forcing (ZF) technique with successive interference cancellation and a reduced Maximum Likelihood (ML) search to obtain near V-BLAST decoding performance requires high number of division operations. Such a large number of the division operations make the known QR decomposition techniques impractical in real time for high-dimensional MIMO systems. 
     Broadly, three known techniques are widely used to achieve QR decomposition: a Gram-Schmidt technique, a Householder transformation technique, and a Givens rotation technique. The Gram-Schmidt technique obtains an orthogonal basis spanning column space of a matrix to be decomposed. Meanwhile, an orthogonality principle is utilized to derive the upper triangular matrix. The Householder transformation technique tries to zero out the elements below the diagonal matrix of each column vector at a stroke by reflection operations to get the upper triangular matrix. On the contrary, the Givens rotation technique zeros one element of the matrix at a time by two-dimensional rotation. An implementation of the Gram-Schmidt, Householder transformation, and Givens rotation techniques require multiplication, division and square-root operations, resulting in high hardware complexity and computation latency. 
     A technique using modified sequence of Givens rotations algorithm is also known, however, this technique still needs a large number of rotation and division operations for high-dimensional MIMO systems. 
     Therefore, there exists a need for a reduced complexity MIMO decoding technique. 
     SUMMARY 
     According to various embodiments illustrated herein, there is provided a method implementable on a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) receiver for decomposing a complex channel matrix, wherein the MIMO receiver comprises a plurality of receiving chains, wherein each of the plurality of receiving chains comprises a Radio Frequency (RF) demodulator and Analog Front End (AFE) and a baseband processing unit. The method comprises determining a real channel matrix from the complex channel matrix, wherein the number of rows and columns of the real channel matrix depends on a number of transmitting chains and a number of receiving chains. A Householder vector is then determined based on the real channel matrix. Thereafter a Householder matrix is determined based on the Householder vector and a transpose of the Householder vector without performing division operation. Finally, an orthogonal matrix and an upper triangular matrix are determined based on the Householder matrix, wherein the upper triangular matrix comprises a predetermined number of zeros in an upper triangle. 
     According to embodiments illustrated herein, there is provided a MIMO receiver for determining an estimation of transmitted symbols. The MIMO receiver comprises a plurality of receiving chains, wherein each of the plurality of receiving chain comprises at least a baseband processing unit. The baseband processing unit comprises a memory and a processing unit. The processing unit comprises a channel pre-processing module and a decomposing module. The decomposing module is configured for determining a real channel matrix from the complex channel matrix, wherein the number of rows and columns of the real channel matrix depends on a number of transmitting chains and a number of receiving chains. The decomposing module is further configured for determining a Householder vector based on the real channel matrix, determining a Householder matrix based on the house holder vector and a transpose of the house holder vector, wherein the determining Householder matrix does not involve performing division operation, and determining an orthogonal matrix and an upper triangular matrix based on the Householder matrix, wherein the upper triangular matrix comprises a predetermined number of zeros in an upper triangle. 
     According to embodiments illustrated herein, there is provided a computer program product for use with a computer. The computer program product comprises a non-transitory computer readable medium embodied therein a computer program for decomposing a complex channel matrix for a MIMO receiver, wherein the MIMO receiver comprises a plurality of receiving chains, wherein each of the plurality of receiving chain comprises an RF demodulator and Analog Front End (AFE) and a baseband processing unit. The computer program comprising: program instruction means for determining a real channel matrix from the complex channel matrix, wherein the number of rows and columns of the real channel matrix depends on a number of transmitting chains and a number of receiving chains; program instruction means for determining a Householder vector based on the real channel matrix; program instruction means for determining a Householder matrix based on the Householder vector and a transpose of the Householder vector, wherein the determining Householder matrix does not involve performing division operation; and program instruction means for determining an orthogonal matrix and an upper triangular matrix based on the Householder matrix, wherein the upper triangular matrix comprises a predetermined number of zeros in an upper triangle. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
       One or more embodiments are set forth in the drawings and in the following description. The appended claims particularly and distinctly point out and set forth the invention. 
       The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the patent application, illustrate various embodiments of various aspects of the ongoing description. It will be appreciated that the illustrated element boundaries (e.g., boxes, groups of boxes, or other shapes) in the figures represent one example of the boundaries. One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that in some examples one element may be designed as multiple elements or that multiple elements may be designed as one element. In some examples, an element shown as an internal component of another element may be implemented as an external component and vice versa. Furthermore, elements may not be drawn to scale. 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a wireless communication system in which various embodiments can be implemented; 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating a receiving chain of a MIMO receiver in accordance with at least one embodiment; 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating a baseband processing unit of a receiving chain in accordance with at least one embodiment; 
         FIG. 4  is a flow diagram illustrating a method for performing QR decomposition at a MIMO receiver in accordance with at least one embodiment; and 
         FIG. 5  is a flow diagram illustrating a method for determining a Householder matrix in accordance with an embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Before the present invention is described in further detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular embodiments described, as such may, of course, vary. It is also to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting, since the scope of the present invention will be limited only by the appended claims. 
     References to “one embodiment”, “an embodiment”, “at least one embodiment”, “one example”, “an example”, “for example” and so on, indicate that the embodiment(s) or example(s) so described may include a particular feature, structure, characteristic, property, element, or limitation, but that not every embodiment or example necessarily includes that particular feature, structure, characteristic, property, element or limitation. Furthermore, repeated use of the phrase “in one embodiment” does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, though it may. 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a wireless communication system  100  in which various embodiments can be implemented. The wireless communication system  100  includes a MIMO transmitter  102 , a wireless communication channel  103 , and a MIMO receiver  104 . For illustration purpose, the MIMO transmitter  102  and the MIMO receiver  104  are shown adjacent to each other; however, in practical reality they may be located at a distance. 
     The MIMO transmitter  102  includes an nT number of transmitting chains ( 106   1 ,  106   2 , . . . ,  106   nT ) and corresponding transmitting antennas ( 108   1 ,  108   2 , . . . ,  108   nT ) as shown. Each of the transmitting chains ( 106   1 ,  106   2 , . . . ,  106   nT ) is hereinafter referred to as a transmitting chain  106 . Each of the transmitting antennas ( 108   1 ,  108   2 , . . . ,  108   nT ) is hereinafter referred to as a transmitting antenna  108 . The transmitting chain  106  may comprise various modules/electronic circuits for performing encoding and/or modulation of a signal to be transmitted over the corresponding transmitting antenna  108 . It is to be noted that the ongoing description is not limited with respect to the construction/implementation of the plurality of transmitting chains ( 106   1 ,  106   2 , . . . ,  106   nT ). Various signals are transmitted over the transmitting antennas ( 108   1 ,  108   2 , . . . ,  108   nT ) through the wireless communication channel  103  are (x 1 , x 2 , . . . , x nT ) respectively. Thus, a complex transmit vector is defined as:
 
 X   c   =[x   1   ,x   2   , . . . ,x   nT ]  (1)
 
     The MIMO receiver  104  includes an nR number of receiving chains ( 110   1 ,  110   2 , . . . ,  110   nR ) and corresponding receiving antennas ( 112   1 ,  112   2 , . . . ,  112   nR ) as shown. Each of the receiving chains ( 110   1 ,  110   2 , . . . ,  110   nR ) is hereinafter referred to as a receiving chain  110 . Each of the receiving antennas ( 112   1 ,  112   2 , . . . ,  112   nR ) is hereinafter referred to as a receiving antenna  112 . The receiving chain  110  (refer to  FIG. 2 ) comprises various modules/electronic circuits for performing demodulating and determining an estimation of the transmit vector (e.g., transmitted signal/symbols) based on received signal/symbols. Various signals received at the receiving antennas ( 112   1 ,  112   2 , . . . ,  112   nR ) over the wireless communication channel  103  are (y 1 , y 2 , . . . , y nR ) respectively. Thus, a complex received vector is defined as:
 
 Y   c   =[y   1   ,y   2   , . . . ,y   nR ]  (2)
 
     The wireless communication channel  103  is a complex channel capable of supporting wireless transfer of signals/symbols. In an embodiment, the wireless communication channel  103  supports wireless communication as per various communication standards including, but not limited to, IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.16e, and 3GPP LTE. Various examples of the wireless communication channel include but are not limited to TGac channel models A, B, D and E. While supporting the wireless communication, the wireless communication channel  103  may introduce various distortions due to frequency selective multipath fading. The frequency selective multipath fading channel is converted to frequency flat fading channel through the use of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation on different carriers which are orthogonal to each other. RF demodulation and AFE in the receiver may introduce Gaussian noise or white noise. 
     In an embodiment, the flat fading wireless communication channel  103  may be represented by a complex channel matrix H c . 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     Thus, the complex received vector can be represented as:
 
 Y   c   =H   c   X   c   +n   c   (4)
 
Where, n c  is an nR×1 complex additive white/Gaussian noise vector and the subscript “c” indicates complex values.
 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating the receiving chain  110  (e.g., any of receiving chains  110   1 ,  110   2 , . . . , or  110   nR ) of the MIMO receiver  104  in accordance with at least one embodiment. The receiving chain  110  includes a Radio Frequency (RF) demodulator and Analog Front End (AFE)  202  and a baseband processing unit  204 . 
     The RF demodulator and AFE  202  receives the signal received at the associated receiving antenna  112  and demodulates the received signal to generate a demodulated signal. The demodulated signal is passed through an Analog to digital convertor (ADC) to obtain digital baseband signal. It should be understood that any applicable/suitable technique can be used/applied by the RF demodulator and AFE  202  to generate the baseband signal without deviating from the scope of the ongoing description. 
     The baseband processing unit  204  receives the baseband signal from the RF demodulator and AFE  202  and estimates the transmitted signal/symbols by applying a novel and less complex QR decomposition technique of the ongoing description. The QR decomposition technique implemented by the baseband processing unit  204  involves decomposing a real channel matrix (H) into the orthogonal matrix (Q) and an upper triangular matrix (R) such that:
 
 H=Q×R   (5)
 
     The baseband processing unit  204  is further described in greater detail in  FIG. 3 . 
       FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating the baseband processing unit  204  of the receiving chain  110  in accordance with at least one embodiment. The baseband processing unit  204  includes a processing unit  302  coupled to a memory  304  and a controller  305 . The baseband processing unit  204  maybe realized as, for example, a hardware module using hardware description language (e.g., VHDL or Verilog HDL) or digital signal processor (DSP). 
     The processing unit  302  includes a complex channel estimation module  308 , a channel pre-processing module  310 , a decomposing module  312 , and a decoding module  314 . 
     Various types of the memory  304  may include, but are not limited to, cache, RAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash, SRAM, and DRAM. The memory  304  may be implemented in the form of a storage device, which can be a hard disk drive or a removable storage drive, such as, a floppy disk drive, USB memory, memory cards, and an optical disk drive. The memory  304  stores the data to be accessed by the complex channel estimation module  308 , the channel pre-processing module  310 , the decomposing module  312 , and the decoding module  314 . 
     The controller  305  may be realized as, for example, a hardware module using hardware description language (e.g., VHDL or Verilog HDL) or digital signal processor (DSP). The controller  305  controls the functionality of the various hardware modules of the processing unit  302  and/or accessing of the memory  304  by the processing module. 
     The complex channel estimation module  308  receives the baseband signal from the RF demodulator and AFE  202  and determines the complex channel matrix (H c ). The complex channel estimation module  308  then stores the determined complex channel matrix (H c ) in the memory  304 . Any applicable/suitable estimation technique can be used/applied by the complex channel estimation module  308  to estimate the complex channel without deviating from the scope of the ongoing description. 
     Thereafter, the channel pre-processing module  310  obtains the complex channel matrix (H c ) from the memory  304  determines a real channel matrix (H) and stores the determined real channel matrix (H) in the memory  304 . 
     The decomposing module  312  retrieves the real channel matrix (H) from the memory  304 , initializes the orthogonal matrix (Q) as an identity matrix (I) and the upper triangular matrix (R) as the real channel matrix (H). The decomposing module  312  then stores the orthogonal matrix (Q) and upper triangular matrix (R) in the memory  304 . 
     The decomposing module  312  performs the steps of determining a pre-Householder vector (a) based on the real channel matrix (H), determining a Householder vector (v) based on the pre-Householder vector (a), determining a Householder matrix (P) based on the house holder vector (v) and a transpose of the house holder vector (v H ) without performing division operations, and determining (e.g., updating) the orthogonal matrix (Q) and the upper triangular matrix (R) based on the Householder matrix (P), wherein the upper triangular matrix (R) comprises a predetermined number of zeros in an upper triangle. These steps and some more additional steps performed by the decomposing module  312  are further explained in detail with an example in conjunction with  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 5 . After repeating the above mentioned steps for a predetermined number of times (depending on the number of transmitting chains (nT) and the number of receiving chains (nR)), the decomposing module  312  outputs/determines the orthogonal matrix (Q) and the upper triangular matrix (R). Thereafter, the orthogonal matrix (Q) and the upper triangular matrix (R) are stored in the memory  304 . 
     The decoding module  314  retrieves the orthogonal matrix (Q) and the upper triangular matrix (R) from the memory  304  and estimates the transmitted signal by applying various techniques, such as, but not limited to, ML detection, ZF detector, Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE) decoder, or sphere decoder. However, it is apparent to a person having ordinary skills in the art that the scope of the ongoing description is not limited with respect to the use of the mention estimation/detection techniques. 
       FIG. 4  is a flow diagram  400  illustrating a method for performing the QR decomposition at the MIMO receiver  104  in accordance with at least one embodiment. 
     At step  402 , the baseband signal is received at the baseband processing unit  204  from the RF demodulator and AFE  202 . 
     At step  404 , the complex channel matrix (H c ) is determined. In an embodiment, the complex channel matrix (H c ) is determined by the complex channel estimation module  308  based on the preamble symbols of the received baseband signal. 
     
       
         
           
             
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     For example, in case of nT=nR=2 (assumed for simplicity of explanation), a following complex channel matrix may be assumed for illustration purpose: 
     
       
         
           
             
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     At step  406 , the real channel matrix (H) is determined from the complex channel matrix (H c ) by the channel pre-processing module  310 . 
                   H   =     [           H   11           H   12         …         H     1   ⁢     n   T                   H   21           H   22         …         H     1   ⁢     n   T                 …       …       …       …             H       n   R     ⁢   1           …       …         H       n   R     ⁢     n   T               ]             (   6   )               
where,
 
                 H   ij     =     [           Re   ⁢     {     h   ij     }               -   Im     ⁢     {     h   ij     }                 Im   ⁢     {     h   ij     }             Re   ⁢     {     h   ij     }             ]       ,         
Re{•} and Im{•} denotes the real part and the imaginary part of their arguments respectively.
 
     For example, the real channel matrix of equation. 6 can be determined as: 
             H   =     [         1         -   2         2         -   1             2       1       1       2           1         -   1         2         -   1             1       1       1       2         ]           
Thus, when nT=nR=2, a 4×4 real channel matrix is obtained from the 2×2 complex channel matrix.
 
     At step  408 , the orthogonal matrix (Q) is initialized as an identity matrix (I) and the upper triangular matrix (R) is initialized as the real channel matrix (H). 
     For example, 
     
       
         
           
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     Thereafter, the following steps will be repeated for the predetermined number of times (N) depending on the number of the transmitting chains (nT) and the number of receiving chains (nR). In an embodiment, the N can be determined using following equation:
 
 N =min(2 nR− 1,2 nT )  (7)
 
Where, min( ) function indicates selection of minimum of given values.
 
Thus, in the ongoing example,
 
 N =min(3,4)=3
 
Thus, steps  410 - 418  will be repeated 3 (three) times.
 
For k=1 (i.e., a first iteration),
 
     At step  410 , a pre-Householder vector (a k ) is determined by selecting elements below the principle diagonal of the upper triangular matrix (R) including the principle diagonal element, taking a column in each iteration by the decomposing module  312 . Thus, in the ongoing example, 
     
       
         
           
             
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     At step  412 , a norm of the pre-Householder vector (a k ) is determined by the decomposing module  312 . In the ongoing example,
 
Norm of  a   k   =α=∥a   k ∥=norm( a   1 )=√{square root over (1+4+1+1)}=2.6458
 
     At step  414 , the Householder vector (v k ) is determined by the decomposing module  312 . In an embodiment, the Householder vector (v k ) is determined as:
 
 v   k   =a   k −sig*α e   1   (8)
 
     Wherein the sig is the sign that depends on the sign of the first element in the pre-Householder vector (a k ) and e 1  is a unity column matrix having number of elements equal to the number of elements in the pre-Householder vector (a k ) 
     Thus, in the ongoing example, sig=−sign(a 1 (1)) 
     
       
         
           
             
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     At step  416 , the Householder matrix (P k ) is determined based on the Householder vector (v k ) and a transpose of the Householder vector (v k   H ), wherein the determining the Householder matrix (P k ) does not involve performing division operation. In an embodiment, the Householder matrix (P k ) is determined by the decomposing module  312 . Further, various internal/sub-steps of determining the Householder matrix (P k ) are described in  FIG. 5 . 
       FIG. 5  is a flow diagram  500  illustrating a method (e.g., sub-steps of step  416 ) for determining the Householder matrix (P k ) in accordance with an embodiment. The steps in the flow diagram  500  are implemented on the decomposing module  312 . 
     At step  502 , the transpose of the Householder vector (v k   H ) is multiplied with the Householder vector (v k ) to obtain a first multiplication factor.
 
First multiplication factor= v   k   H   v   k   (9)
 
     At step  504 , an identity matrix is multiplied with the first multiplication factor to obtain a second multiplication matrix.
 
Second multiplication matrix= I   k   v   k   H   v   k   (10)
 
     At step  506 , the Householder vector (v k ) is multiplied with the transpose of Householder vector (v k   H ) to obtain a third multiplication matrix.
 
Third multiplication matrix= v   k   v   k   H   (11)
 
     At step  508 , the third multiplication matrix is multiplied with a predefined number to obtain a fourth multiplication matrix. In an embodiment, for example, the predefined number is 2 (two). However, the ongoing description should not be construed as limiting with this example of the predefined number being 2. Thus,
 
Fourth multiplication matrix=2 *v   k   v   k   H   (12)
 
     At step  510 , the fourth multiplication matrix is subtracted from the second multiplication matrix to determine the Householder matrix (P k ).
 
 P   k   =I   k   v   k   H   v   k −2 *v   k   v   k   H   (13)
 
Thus, for the ongoing example (from  FIG. 4 ),
 
                     P   k     =       ⁢     P   1                 =       ⁢       [           (       v   1   H     ⁢     v   1       )         0       0       0           0         (       v   1   H     ⁢     v   1       )         0       0           0       0         (       v   1   H     ⁢     v   1       )         0           0       0       0         (       v   1   H     ⁢     v   1       )           ]     -     2   *     v   1     ⁢     v   1   H                     =       ⁢     [           -   7.2915           -   14.5830           -   7.2915           -   7.2915               -   14.5830         11.2915         -   4.0000           -   4.0000               -   7.2915           -   4.0000         17.2915         -   2.0000               -   7.2915           -   4.0000           -   2.0000         17.2915         ]                 
Where, k=1 (for first iteration).
 
     It is to be noted that the steps  502 - 510  do not involve any division operation as compared to the computationally complex division operations in the prior art techniques. For example, in the first iteration (k=1), the present method avoids 16 (sixteen) division operations as compared to the prior art Householder transformation technique. 
     Referring back to  FIG. 4 : 
     At step  418 , the orthogonal matrix (Q) and the upper triangular matrix (R) are updated/determined based on the Householder matrix (P k ) by the decomposing module  312 . 
     In order to perform such update, the decomposing module  312  first determines an intermediate orthogonal matrix (Q k ). 
                     Q   k     =     [             v   k   H     ⁢     v   k     *     I     k   -   1               0       1   :     k   -   1       ,     1   :       2   ⁢     n   R       -   k   +   1                     0       1   :       2   ⁢     n   R       -   k   +   1       ,     1   :     k   -   1                 P       k   :     2   ⁢     n   R         ,     k   :     2   ⁢     n   R                   ]             (   14   )               
Thus, for first iteration (k=1), Q k =P 1 .
 
Thereafter, the upper triangular matrix (R) is updated as:
 
 R=Q   k   R   (15)
 
For k=1,
 
     
       
         
           
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                         - 
                         8.7085 
                       
                     
                     
                       14.0000 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         22.0000 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       29.8745 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         5.2915 
                       
                     
                     
                       35.8745 
                     
                   
                 
                 ] 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     The orthogonal matrix (Q) may be updated as:
 
 Q=Q*Q   k   (16)
 
     For k=1, Q=Q*Q 1    
     Thus, Q=P 1  for the first iteration. 
     In an embodiment, after determining the R and Q, they are scaled down to avoid overflow in fixed point implementation. In the process of scaling down, the scale factors, which are power of 2, are used to make implementation as a right shift without using division operation. 
     Thus, after scaling: 
     
       
         
           
             
               R 
               = 
               
                 [ 
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         3.19 
                       
                     
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         3.1900 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         1.8229 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       2.5286 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         1.8672 
                       
                     
                     
                       2.0729 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.5443 
                       
                     
                     
                       0.8750 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         1.3750 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       1.8672 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.3307 
                       
                     
                     
                       2.2422 
                     
                   
                 
                 ] 
               
             
             , 
             
               
 
             
             ⁢ 
             
               Q 
               = 
               
                 [ 
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.4557 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.9114 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.4557 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.4557 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.9114 
                       
                     
                     
                       0.7057 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.2500 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.2500 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.4557 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.2500 
                       
                     
                     
                       1.0807 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.1250 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.4557 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.2500 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.1250 
                       
                     
                     
                       1.0807 
                     
                   
                 
                 ] 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     At step  420 , it is determined whether k is less than or equal to min(2nR−1, 2nT). If k is less than or equal to N (e.g., 3 in the ongoing example), the steps  410 - 418  are repeated. 
     Thus, for k=2 (e.g., second iteration) following may be an output at various steps: 
     At step  410 , 
     
       
         
           
             
               a 
               2 
             
             = 
             
               [ 
               
                 
                   
                     2.5286 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     
                       - 
                       0.5443 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     1.8672 
                   
                 
               
               ] 
             
           
         
       
     
     At step  412 , norm (a 2 )=3.1900 
     At step  414 , 
     
       
         
           
             
               v 
               2 
             
             = 
             
               
                 
                   a 
                   2 
                 
                 - 
                 
                   sig 
                   * 
                   
                     norm 
                     ⁡ 
                     
                       ( 
                       
                         a 
                         2 
                       
                       ) 
                     
                   
                   * 
                   
                     
                       [ 
                       
                         
                           
                             1 
                           
                           
                             0 
                           
                           
                             0 
                           
                         
                       
                       ] 
                     
                     T 
                   
                 
               
               = 
               
                 [ 
                 
                   
                     
                       5.7186 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.5443 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       1.8672 
                     
                   
                 
                 ] 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     At step  416 , 
     
       
         
           
             
               P 
               2 
             
             = 
             
               
                 
                   
                     ( 
                     
                       
                         v 
                         2 
                         H 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         v 
                         2 
                       
                     
                     ) 
                   
                   * 
                   
                     [ 
                     
                       
                         
                           1 
                         
                         
                           0 
                         
                         
                           0 
                         
                       
                       
                         
                           0 
                         
                         
                           1 
                         
                         
                           0 
                         
                       
                       
                         
                           0 
                         
                         
                           0 
                         
                         
                           1 
                         
                       
                     
                     ] 
                   
                 
                 - 
                 
                   2 
                   * 
                   
                     v 
                     2 
                   
                   ⁢ 
                   
                     v 
                     2 
                     H 
                   
                 
               
               = 
               
                 [ 
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         28.9202 
                       
                     
                     
                       6.2251 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         21.3551 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       6.2251 
                     
                     
                       35.8927 
                     
                     
                       2.0325 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         21.3551 
                       
                     
                     
                       2.0325 
                     
                     
                       29.5127 
                     
                   
                 
                 ] 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     It is to be noted that, while determining P 2 , the steps  502 - 510  do not involve any division operation as compared to the computationally complex division operations in the prior art techniques. For example, in the second iteration (k=2), the present method avoids 9 (nine) division operations as compared to the prior art Householder transformation technique. 
     At step  418 , 
     
       
         
           
             
               forming 
               ⁢ 
               
                   
               
               ⁢ 
               
                 Q 
                 2 
               
             
             = 
             
               [ 
               
                 
                   
                     36.4852 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       28.9202 
                     
                   
                   
                     6.2251 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       21.3551 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     6.2251 
                   
                   
                     35.8927 
                   
                   
                     2.0325 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       21.3551 
                     
                   
                   
                     2.0325 
                   
                   
                     29.5127 
                   
                 
               
               ] 
             
           
         
       
     
     Update the upper triangular matrix (R) by 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 Q 
                 2 
               
               ⁢ 
               R 
             
             = 
             
               [ 
               
                 
                   
                     
                       - 
                       116.389 
                     
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       116.3890 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       66.5080 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       116.389 
                     
                   
                   
                     66.5080 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       116.3890 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     19.1107 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       31.8915 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     31.8915 
                   
                   
                     19.1107 
                   
                 
               
               ] 
             
           
         
       
     
     Update the orthogonal matrix (Q) by 
     
       
         
           
             
               Q 
               * 
               
                 Q 
                 2 
               
             
             = 
             
               [ 
               
                 
                   
                     
                       - 
                       16.6270 
                     
                   
                   
                     33.2540 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       22.9570 
                     
                   
                   
                     5.0882 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     
                       - 
                       33.2540 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       16.6270 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       5.0882 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       22.9570 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     
                       - 
                       16.6270 
                     
                   
                   
                     16.6270 
                   
                   
                     36.9796 
                   
                   
                     3.8463 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     
                       - 
                       16.6270 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       16.6270 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       3.8463 
                     
                   
                   
                     36.9796 
                   
                 
               
               ] 
             
           
         
       
     
     In an embodiment, after determining the R and Q, they are scaled down to avoid overflow in fixed point implementation. In the process of scaling down, the scale factors, which are power of 2, are used to make implementation as a right shift without using division operation. 
     Thus, after scaling: 
     
       
         
           
             
               R 
               = 
               
                 [ 
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         3.6372 
                       
                     
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         3.6372 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         2.0784 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         3.6372 
                       
                     
                     
                       2.0784 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         3.6372 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       0.5972 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.9966 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       0.9966 
                     
                     
                       0.5972 
                     
                   
                 
                 ] 
               
             
             , 
             
               
 
             
             ⁢ 
             
               Q 
               = 
               
                 [ 
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.5196 
                       
                     
                     
                       1.0392 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.7174 
                       
                     
                     
                       0.1590 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         1.0392 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.5196 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.1590 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.7174 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.5196 
                       
                     
                     
                       0.5196 
                     
                     
                       1.1556 
                     
                     
                       0.1202 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.5196 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.5196 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.1202 
                       
                     
                     
                       1.1556 
                     
                   
                 
                 ] 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     For k=3 (e.g., third iteration), following may be an output at various steps: 
     At step  410 , 
     
       
         
           
             
               a 
               3 
             
             = 
             
               [ 
               
                 
                   
                     0.5972 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0.9966 
                   
                 
               
               ] 
             
           
         
       
     
     At step  412 , norm (a 3 )=1.1618 
     At step  414 , 
     
       
         
           
             
               v 
               3 
             
             = 
             
               
                 
                   a 
                   3 
                 
                 - 
                 
                   sig 
                   * 
                   
                     norm 
                     ⁡ 
                     
                       ( 
                       
                         a 
                         3 
                       
                       ) 
                     
                   
                   * 
                   
                     
                       [ 
                       
                         
                           
                             1 
                           
                           
                             0 
                           
                         
                       
                       ] 
                     
                     T 
                   
                 
               
               = 
               
                 [ 
                 
                   
                     
                       1.7591 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       0.9966 
                     
                   
                 
                 ] 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     At step  416 , 
     
       
         
           
             
               P 
               3 
             
             = 
             
               
                 
                   
                     ( 
                     
                       
                         v 
                         3 
                         H 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         v 
                         3 
                       
                     
                     ) 
                   
                   * 
                   
                     [ 
                     
                       
                         
                           1 
                         
                         
                           0 
                         
                       
                       
                         
                           0 
                         
                         
                           1 
                         
                       
                     
                     ] 
                   
                 
                 - 
                 
                   2 
                   * 
                   
                     v 
                     3 
                   
                   ⁢ 
                   
                     v 
                     3 
                     H 
                   
                 
               
               = 
               
                 [ 
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         2.1011 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         3.5062 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         3.5062 
                       
                     
                     
                       2.1011 
                     
                   
                 
                 ] 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     It is to be noted that, while determining P 3 , the steps  502 - 510  do not involve any division operation as compared to the computationally complex division operations in the prior art techniques. For example, in the second iteration (k=3), the present method avoids 4 (four) division operations as compared to the prior art Householder transformation technique. 
     At step  418 , 
     
       
         
           
             
               forming 
               ⁢ 
               
                   
               
               ⁢ 
               
                 Q 
                 2 
               
             
             = 
             
               [ 
               
                 
                   
                     4.0875 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     4.0875 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       2.1011 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       3.5062 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       3.5062 
                     
                   
                   
                     2.1011 
                   
                 
               
               ] 
             
           
         
       
     
     Update the upper triangular matrix (R) by 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 Q 
                 3 
               
               ⁢ 
               R 
             
             = 
             
               [ 
               
                 
                   
                     
                       - 
                       14.8669 
                     
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       14.8669 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       8.4954 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       14.8669 
                     
                   
                   
                     8.4954 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       14.8669 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       4.7491 
                     
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     0 
                   
                   
                     4.7491 
                   
                 
               
               ] 
             
           
         
       
     
     Update the orthogonal matrix (Q) by 
     
       
         
           
             
               Q 
               * 
               
                 Q 
                 3 
               
             
             = 
             
               [ 
               
                 
                   
                     
                       - 
                       2.1238 
                     
                   
                   
                     4.2477 
                   
                   
                     0.9498 
                   
                   
                     2.8494 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     
                       - 
                       4.2477 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       2.1238 
                     
                   
                   
                     2.8494 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       0.9498 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     
                       - 
                       2.1238 
                     
                   
                   
                     2.1238 
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       2.8494 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       3.7993 
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     
                       - 
                       2.1238 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       2.1238 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       - 
                       3.7993 
                     
                   
                   
                     2.8494 
                   
                 
               
               ] 
             
           
         
       
     
     In an embodiment, after scaling: 
     
       
         
           
             
               R 
               = 
               
                 [ 
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         3.7167 
                       
                     
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         3.7167 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         2.1238 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         3.7167 
                       
                     
                     
                       2.1238 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         3.7167 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         1.1873 
                       
                     
                     
                       0 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       0 
                     
                     
                       1.1873 
                     
                   
                 
                 ] 
               
             
             , 
             
               
 
             
             ⁢ 
             
               Q 
               = 
               
                 [ 
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.5310 
                       
                     
                     
                       1.0619 
                     
                     
                       0.2375 
                     
                     
                       0.7124 
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         1.0619 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.5310 
                       
                     
                     
                       0.7124 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.2375 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.5310 
                       
                     
                     
                       0.5310 
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.7124 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.9498 
                       
                     
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.5310 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.5310 
                       
                     
                     
                       
                         - 
                         0.9498 
                       
                     
                     
                       0.7124 
                     
                   
                 
                 ] 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     Thus, in case of nR=nT=2, the present method avoids 29 division operation, saving a considerable amount of computation time and offers reduced complexity QR decomposition. Also, there are nR zeros in the upper triangular portion of R. The additional zeros are due to formation of real channel matrix by the channel pre-processing module  310 . 
     If at step  420  it is determined that k is greater than min(2nR−1, 2nT), the updated orthogonal matrix (Q) and the upper triangular matrix (R) are stored in the memory  304  by the decomposing module and step  422  is executed by the decoding module  314 . 
     At step  422 , estimation of transmitted symbols is determined based on the updated orthogonal matrix (Q) and the upper triangular matrix (R). 
     After the QR decomposition, the decoding module  314  retrieves the updated orthogonal matrix (Q) and the upper triangular matrix (R) from the memory  304  to determine the real received signal as:
 
 y=QRx+n   (17)
 
     Multiplying both sides of the equation 17 by Q T  (i.e., the transpose of Q):
 
 Q   T   y=Rx+{circumflex over (n)}   (18)
 
 ŷ=Rx+{circumflex over (n)}   (19)
 
Where, ŷ=Q T y, {circumflex over (n)}=Q T n and Q T Q=I.
 
     The equation 19 can be solved by various techniques including, but not limited to, ZF detector, Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE) decoder, and sphere decoder, explanation of which is out of the scope of the ongoing description and the ongoing description is not limited with respect to the use of the mention techniques for determining estimation of the transmitted signal by the decoding module  314 . 
     Various modules like, the complex channel estimation module  308 , the channel pre-processing module  310 , the decomposing module  312 , and the decoding module  314  have been illustrated as hardware modules as a part of the processing unit  302 , however, it is understood by a person having ordinary skills in the art that functionality offered by these modules can also be implemented by a computer program stored in the memory  304  executable by the controller  305  without deviating from the basic scope of the ongoing description. 
     Embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a computer program product, which may include a computer-readable medium tangibly embodying thereon instructions, which may be used to program a computer (or other electronic devices) to perform a process. The computer-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, fixed (hard) drives, magnetic tape, floppy diskettes, optical disks, compact disc read-only memories (CD-ROMs), and magneto-optical disks, semiconductor memories, such as ROMs, random access memories (RAMs), programmable read-only memories (PROMs), erasable PROMs (EPROMs), electrically erasable PROMs (EEPROMs), flash memory, magnetic or optical cards, or other type of media/machine-readable medium suitable for storing electronic instructions (e.g., computer programming code, such as software or firmware). Moreover, embodiments of the present invention may also be downloaded as one or more computer program products, wherein the program may be transferred from a remote computer to a requesting computer by way of data signals embodied in a carrier wave or other propagation medium via a communication link (e.g., a modem or network connection). 
     In various embodiments, the article(s) of manufacture (e.g., the computer program products) containing the computer programming code may be used by executing the code directly from the computer-readable medium or by copying the code from the computer-readable medium into another computer-readable medium (e.g., a hard disk, RAM, etc.) or by transmitting the code on a network for remote execution. Various methods described herein may be practiced by combining one or more computer-readable media containing the code according to the present invention with appropriate standard computer hardware to execute the code contained therein. An apparatus for practicing various embodiments of the present invention may involve one or more computers (or one or more processors within a single computer, or one or more processor cores) and storage systems containing or having network access to computer program(s) coded in accordance with various methods described herein, and the method steps of the invention could be accomplished by modules, routines, subroutines, or subparts of a computer program product. 
     While for purposes of simplicity of explanation, the illustrated methodologies are shown and described as a series of blocks/steps, it is to be appreciated that the methodologies are not limited by the order of the blocks, as some blocks can occur in different orders and/or concurrently with other blocks from that shown and described. Moreover, less than all the illustrated blocks may be required to implement an example methodology. Blocks may be combined or separated into multiple components. Furthermore, additional and/or alternative methodologies can employ additional, not illustrated blocks. 
     Various embodiments of the method, MIMO receiver, and the computer program product for the QR decomposition have been disclosed. It should be apparent, however, to those skilled in the art that many more modifications besides those already described are possible without departing from the inventive concepts herein. The embodiments, therefore, are not to be restricted except in the spirit of the disclosure. Moreover, in interpreting the disclosure, all terms should be interpreted in the broadest possible manner consistent with the context. In particular, the terms “comprises” and “comprising” should be interpreted as referring to elements, components, or steps in a non-exclusive manner, indicating that the referenced elements, components, or steps may be present, or utilized, or combined with other elements, components, or steps that are not expressly referenced. 
     Various embodiments described above have numerous advantages. As described above, the present method does not involve performing any division operation while performing the QR decomposition. This reduces the complexity of the MIMO receiver to a great extent. For example, in case of 2×2 MIMO systems, the present method avoids 29 division operations. Moreover, this process is required for all subcarriers of received OFDM symbols, the resultant savings is in multiplicative factor of the total saving. For example, total division operations that can be avoided are 29M (in the example considered, M is 234 for 80 MHz case). Such a reduction in the complex operations results in a great reduction of the computing complexity at the MIMO receiver and hence simpler/low cost solution can be realized. Also, there are additional nR zeros in the R matrix in the upper triangular portion, which results in some savings in multiplication operations (as the result of multiplication with zero will always be zero). This is obtained by way of formation of the real channel matrix from complex matrix and not captured in traditional methods. These zeros also reduce the complexity of post QR decomposition job in MIMO receiver and it depends on type of MIMO decoder used (ZF/MMSE/ML or Sphere decoder). Savings here increase with increased MIMO size (e.g., nR, and nT). 
     In the foregoing description, certain terms have been used for brevity, clearness, and understanding. No unnecessary limitations are to be implied therefrom beyond the requirement of the prior art because such terms are used for descriptive purposes and are intended to be broadly construed. Therefore, the invention is not limited to the specific details, the representative embodiments, and illustrative examples shown and described. Thus, this application is intended to embrace alterations, modifications, and variations that fall within the scope of the appended claims.