Hardware implementation of space modulation techniques using Simulink RF Blockset

Some recent research has paved the path for hardware realizations of space modulation techniques (SMTs) utilizing RF hardware components. This would attract the need to introduce approaches that study the hardware system behavior ahead of realizing actual physical implementations. Without such studies, direct physical implementations can consume a significant amount of time and money. Mathworks has recently introduced a library of RF hardware components within RF Blockset to model hardware system implementations. This would enable in depth studies of the impact of different hardware components on SMTs at a faster pace. In this paper we introduce the foundational base-band models needed to study SMT hardware implementations. BER simulations are conducted for the different models to verify the accuracy of the developed models. In addition, the impact of different hardware components on BER is addressed. This paper also discusses how the models introduced can be expanded further for baseband and passband implementations to include the needed hardware components and their imperfections.