Soft-decoding for multi-set space-time shift-keying mmWave systems: A deep learning approach

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a deep learning assisted soft-demodulator for multi-set space-time shift keying (MS-STSK) millimeter wave (mmWave) systems, where we train a neural network (NN) to provide the soft values of the MS-STSK symbol without relying on explicit channel state information (CSI). Thus, in contrast to the conventional MS-STSK soft-demodulator which relies on the knowledge of CSI at the receiver, the learning-assisted design circumvents the channel estimation while also improving the data rate by dispensing with pilot overhead. Furthermore, our proposed learning-aided soft-demodulation substantially reduces the number of cost-function evaluations at the output of the MS-STSK demodulator. We demonstrate by simulations that despite avoiding CSI-estimation and the pilot overhead, our learning-assisted design performs closely to the channel-estimation aided design assuming perfect CSI for BER < 10−4 , whilst imposing a low complexity. Furthermore, we show by simulations that upon using realistic imperfect CSI at the receiver employing conventional soft-demodulation, the learning-aided soft-demodulator outperforms the conventional scheme. Additionally, we present quantitative discussions on thereceiver complexity in terms of the number of computations required to produce the soft values.

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ORCID for Satyanarayana Katla: orcid.org/0000-0002-5411-3962

ORCID for Mohammed El-Hajjar: orcid.org/0000-0002-7987-1401

ORCID for Lajos Hanzo: orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-5214

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