Antenna subset selection for spatial modulation: a novel and energy efficient single RF technique

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a closed-loop and single RF multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) method, particularly suitable for the Uplink of cellular systems, which is based on the low-complexity and recently devised method of Spatial Modulation. By selecting a subset of the available transmit antennas to implement Spatial Modulation based on the instantaneous Bit Error Rate (BER), the proposed method achieves both multiplexing and transmit-diversity gains by utilizing only one RF chain. By taking into account the total power consumption at the transmit side, we numerically show that our proposed method is more energy efficient than the single RF transmit antenna selection method for the same target performance and several MIMO configurations and correlation values among the transmit antennas.