Analysis of SWIPT based dual-hop AF relay with SSK modulation over Nakagami-m fading channel

Abstract Space shift keying (SSK) modulation performance is analyzed with simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) based cooperative amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying system over the Nakagami-m fading channel. SWIPT technique can remove the need for power supply at the relays in cooperative communication. In contrast, SSK is a low complex index modulation technique that eliminates inter antenna synchronization, inter-channel interference and reduces the number of radiofrequency chains. Closed-form expression for average bit error probability (ABEP) is derived using a single AF relay with selection combining (SC) at the receiver, and an Upper bound ABEP expression is derived for multiple AF relays with the direct link (DL) from source to destination. The partial relay selection (PRS) technique has been proposed with energy harvesting (EH) to reduce the hardware complexity compared to the multiple relays. Numerical and computer simulation results are presented with the discussion. The result demonstrates that EH with SSK modulation can improve the system performance.