AWGN

additive white Gaussian noise

BCJR algorithm

Bahl Cocke Jelinek Raviv algorithm

BER

bit error rate

CAI

co-antenna interference

cdf

cumulative density function

CDMA

code division multiple access

CIR

channel impulse response

CLT

central limit theorem

CP

cyclic prefix

CRB

Cramer Rao bound

CSI

channel state information

DFE

decision feedback equalization (or equalizer)

EGC

equal gain combining

EM

expectation-maximization

EXIT

extrinsic information transfer

FBF

feedback filter

FFF

feedforward filter

FIR

finite impulse response

IDD

iterative detector and decoder

iid

independent identically distributed

ISI

intersymbol interference

KF

Kalman filter

LE

linear equalization (or equalizer)

LLR

log likelihood ratio

LMS

least mean square

LRT

likelihood ratio test

LS

least squares

MAI

multiple access interference

MAP

maximum a posteriori probability

MIMO

multiple input multiple output

ML

maximum likelihood

MLSD

maximum likelihood sequence detection

MMSE

minimum mean square error

MRC

maximal ratio combining

MSE

mean square error

MUI

multiple user interference

OFDM

orthogonal frequency division multiplexing

PAPR

peak-to-average-power ratio

pdf

probability density function

PSP

per-survivor processing

RLS

recursive least square

SC

soft (interference)...