Monte Carlo Bayesian signal processing for wireless communications (Q1597585)

The authors provide an overview of the theories and applications of Monte Carlo signal processing methods. The optimal solutions to many statistical signal processing problems, especially those found in wireless communications, are computationally prohibitive to implement by conventional signal processing methods. The recently emerged Bayesian Monte Carlo signal processing methods offer a novel paradigm for tackling wireless signal processing problems. They are relatively simple yet very powerful. They in general fall into two categories, namely, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods for batch signal processing and sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) methods for adaptive signal processing. To illustrate the applications of MCMC and SMC respectively, the authors provide two signal processing examples in wireless communications, the blind turbo multiuser detection in code division multiple access systems and the adaptive detection in fading channels.