IEEE Communications Letters

Secret Precoding-Aided Spatial Modulation

Feilong Wu, Lie‐Liang Yang, Wenjie Wang, Zhengmin Kong

Published Jul 17, 2015• 78 citations

Abstract

In this letter, the precoding-aided spatial modulation (PSM) is generalized to a secret PSM (SPSM) scheme, which has the capability to resist malicious eavesdropping from an eavesdropper that is unknown to the transmitter. We design a time-varying precoder for the SPSM so that it can retain all the PSM's advantages at the desired receiver while producing time-varying interference to the eavesdropper. The secrecy capacity of our proposed SPSM is studied, and the optimal power allocation between signal and interference transmission is investigated. Our studies and performance results demonstrate that our SPSM can significantly improve the secrecy performance of the PSM, particularly in a high-signal-to-noise-ratio region. Furthermore, the SPSM is capable of achieving a nonzero secrecy rate even when the eavesdropper has more antennas than the desired receiver.

DOI: 10.1109/lcomm.2015.2453313

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