Abstract

The zero-forcing (ZF) and minimum mean square error (MMSE) based detectors can approach optimal performance in the uplink of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. However, they require inverting a matrix whose complexity is cubic in relation to the matrix dimension. This can lead to the high computational effort, especially in massive MIMO systems. To mitigate this, several iterative methods have been proposed in the literature. In this paper, we consider accelerated Chebyshev SOR (AC-SOR) and accelerated Chebyshev AOR (AC-AOR) algorithms, which improve the detection performance of conventional Successive Over-Relaxation (SOR) and Accelerated Over-Relaxation (AOR) methods, respectively. Additionally, we propose using a deep unfolding network (DUN) to optimize the parameters of the iterative AC-SOR and AC-AOR algorithms, leading to the AC-AORNet and AC-SORNet methods, respectively. The proposed DUN-based method leads to significant performance improvements compared to conventional iterative detectors for various massive MIMO channels. The results demonstrate that the AC-AORNet and AC-SORNet are effective, outperforming other state-of-the-art algorithms. Furthermore, they are highly effective, particularly for high-order modulations such as 256-QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation). Moreover, the proposed AC-AORNet and AC-SORNet require almost the same number of computations as AC-AOR and AC-SOR methods, respectively, since the use of deep unfolding has a negligible impact on the system’s detection complexity. Furthermore, the proposed DUN features a fast and stable training scheme due to its smaller number of trainable parameters.