Detection schemes for massive MIMO system with low-resolution ADCs

Abstract

In a full-digital massive multi-user MIMO system, maximal-ratio combining (MRC) can obtain more considerable diversity gain while inter-stream interference (ISI) and multi-user interference (MUI) can be canceled using minimum mean square error (MMSE) algorithm. This letter evaluates the throughputs of detection schemes for different antenna numbers in the massive MIMO system with low-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). The letter makes a comparison between MRC and MMSE under quantization range limit. Numerical results show that MRC achieves better system performance with lower implementation complexity as the number of antennas increases.