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Table 2 E b /N 0 values achieving a BER level of 2×10 −5 for different detectors with 4×4 16-QAM, R c =1/2 a

From: Iterative receivers combining MIMO detection with turbo decoding: performance-complexity trade-offs

 

I out =4, I in =8

I out =4, I in =2

I out =8, I in =1

STS-SD

1.69 dB

1.72 dB

1.56 dB

LC-K-Best

1.87 dB (−0.18)

1.89 dB (−0.17)

1.76 dB (−0.20)

I-VBLAST

1.88 dB (−0.19)

1.97 dB (−0.25)

1.78 dB (−0.22)

MMSE-IC

1.92 dB (−0.23)

1.89 dB (−0.27)

1.76 dB (−0.24)

MMSE-IC1

2.20 dB (−0.51)

2.28 dB (−0.56)

2.20 dB (−0.64)

  1. aThe number in the parenthesis corresponds to the performance loss in dB over STS-SD.