BER Analysis of Symbol Sequence Modulation under non-fading AWGN Channels

Abstract

This paper proposes a way of conveying additional spatial information through timeslot sequences, which is referred to as symbol sequence modulation (SSM). It is the sequence of symbols in different timeslots that are used to convey information. This way, only a single antenna may be used to convey at least 4 bits in the spatial domain, within 3 timeslots. In addition, SSM has the ability to convey spatial information under non-fading conditions. Performance of the SSM system has been validated through comparisons of simulations and the analytical framework under various number of receive antennas in additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels.