A spatial modulation-aided orthogonal time frequency space (SM-OTFS) scheme is proposed for high-Doppler scenarios, which relies on a low-complexity distance-based detection algorithm. We first derive the delay-Doppler (DD) domain input-output relationship of our SM-OTFS system by exploiting an SM mapper, followed by characterizing the doubly-selective channels considered. Then we propose a distance-based ordering subspace check detector (DOSCD) exploiting the \emph{a priori} information of the transmit symbol vector. Moreover, we derive the discrete-input continuous-output memoryless channel (DCMC) capacity of the system. Finally, our simulation results demonstrate that the proposed SM-OTFS system outperforms the conventional single-input-multiple-output (SIMO)-OTFS system, and that the DOSCD conceived is capable of striking an attractive bit error ratio (BER) vs. complexity trade-off.
@article{arxiv.2305.09953,
title = {Low Complexity Detection of Spatial Modulation Aided OTFS in Doubly-Selective Channels},
author = {Zeping Sui and Hongming Zhang and Yu Xin and Tong Bao and Lie-Liang Yang and Lajos Hanzo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.09953},
year = {2023}
}