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Design guidelines for spatial modulation
A new class of low-complexity, yet energyefficient Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission techniques, namely the family of Spatial Modulation (SM) aided MIMOs (SM-MIMO) has emerged. These systems are capable of exploiting the spatial dimensions (i.e. the antenna indices) as an additional dimension invoked for transmitting information, apart from the traditional Amplitude and Phase Modulation (APM). SM is capable of efficiently operating in diverse MIMO configurations in the context of future communication systems. It constitutes a promising transmission candidate for large-scale MIMO design and for the indoor optical wireless communication whilst relying on a single-Radio Frequency (RF) chain. Moreover, SM may also be viewed as an entirely new hybrid modulation scheme, which is still in its infancy. This paper aims for providing a general survey of the SM design framework as well as of its intrinsic limits. In particular, we focus our attention on the associated transceiver design, on spatial constellation optimization, on link adaptation techniques, on distributed/ cooperative protocol design issues, and on their meritorious variants
Energy Efficient Transmission over Space Shift Keying Modulated MIMO Channels
Energy-efficient communication using a class of spatial modulation (SM) that
encodes the source information entirely in the antenna indices is considered in
this paper. The energy-efficient modulation design is formulated as a convex
optimization problem, where minimum achievable average symbol power consumption
is derived with rate, performance, and hardware constraints. The theoretical
result bounds any modulation scheme of this class, and encompasses the existing
space shift keying (SSK), generalized SSK (GSSK), and Hamming code-aided SSK
(HSSK) schemes as special cases. The theoretical optimum is achieved by the
proposed practical energy-efficient HSSK (EE-HSSK) scheme that incorporates a
novel use of the Hamming code and Huffman code techniques in the alphabet and
bit-mapping designs. Experimental studies demonstrate that EE-HSSK
significantly outperforms existing schemes in achieving near-optimal energy
efficiency. An analytical exposition of key properties of the existing GSSK
(including SSK) modulation that motivates a fundamental consideration for the
proposed energy-efficient modulation design is also provided
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