We consider a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel with inter-symbol interference (ISI) where signal detection is highly complex due to the large signal state-space dimensionality. A common strategy is to apply a front-end filter (FEF) to eliminate the ISI dimension (i.e. full ISI equalization). This FEF is then followed by a frequency non-selective MIMO detector. However, another, much less researched, strategy is to apply an FEF that eliminates the MIMO dimension and results in a set of parallel ISI channels followed by a bank of parallel single-input single-output (SISO) detectors. Which of the two strategies is better in a Shannon capacity sense? In this paper, we show that the answer to this question depends on system parameters such as SNR, number of antennas, ISI duration, and spatial correlation properties.
['Sha Hu', 'Fredrik Rusek', 'Naofal Al-Dhahir']
Comparison of two channel shortening approaches for MIMO-ISI channels