Research Article

A System View on Iterative MIMO Detection: Dynamic Sphere Detection versus Fixed Effort List Detection

Table 2

Implementation results of the sphere detector architecture after place & route for a clock frequency of 300 MHz.

At 300 MHz Sphere Detector

Modulation up to 64-QAM
Antennas up to 4 × 4

Area 0.26 mm2
Throughput 38–58 Mbit/s
Power consumption15 mW