The invention provides an RIS-assisted semi-blind joint channel
estimation and symbol detection method for estimating a four-dimensional
data signal. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, constructing an RIS-assisted
MIMO communication
system model, and converting a
signal received by a
base station end into a
tensor form; the
estimation process is divided into the following two stages: in a direct link stage, a KRF
algorithm is utilized to convert a channel
estimation problem into an approximate value approximation problem, and a high-quality approximation result is obtained by means of a left and right dominant
singular value comparison process; and entering an RIS auxiliary link stage, further converting the problem into an iterative
optimization problem of a cost function according to PARAFAC nested
decomposition and a TALS
algorithm principle, and obtaining a more accurate threshold result along with the increase of the number of iterations. According to the method and the device, the problem that the
channel state information is difficult to quickly and accurately acquire due to the fact that the dimension of the received
signal is too high in an RIS-assisted communication scene is successfully solved. Compared with an ALS
algorithm based on
pilot assistance, a TALS semi-blind
receiver and a KAKF semi-blind
receiver which are widely applied in the same communication scene, the method disclosed by the invention shows remarkable advantages in the aspects of improving the estimation precision, reducing the
bit error rate and reducing the
pilot overhead.