An apparatus and method for generating LLRs in an MIMO communication system. In a receiver for a spatial multiplexing communication system, a determiner performs an MML decoding operation in an ascending or descending order of TX antennas to estimate a plurality of candidate TX vectors. A distance calculator...http://www.google.com.tw/patents/US7864896?utm_source=gb-gplus-share專利 US7864896 - Apparatus and method for generating log likelihood ratio in multiple-input multiple-output communication system