Apparatus and method for generating per stream effective signal to noise ratio in a multiple-input multiple-output wireless communication system

摘要

In the present invention, an apparatus and a method for generating feedback information for a Maximum Likelihood (ML) detection scheme in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless communication system are provided. An apparatus of the invention includes a generator for generating constellation difference points by converting a constellation domain representing values of symbols into a constellation difference domain representing values of distance between symbols, a calculator for calculating per stream Symbol Error Rates (SERs) using the constellation difference points, and a determiner for determining per stream Effective Signal to Noise Ratios (ESNRs) using the per stream SER.