Spiros Zervos
Univeristy of Thessaly,
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Magnesia, Volos
spiridonzervos@gmail.com
Abstract — The wireless network of today is the result of constantly increasing demands in the area of wireless communication. It’s value is visible at both an individual and a societal level and can be noticed by the rate of usage as well as from the new needs that arise from it. Whereas wireless technology is evolving at an ever growing pace, it’s progress is slowly coming at a halt due to the spectrum crunch, all the while demanding new technologies such as the Internet of Things, is pressing for ever larger rates and quantities in wireless transmissions. To tackle this obstacle, new techniques have been introduced to the status quo, one of which being the scheme of Index Modulation (IM). IM provides additional information by introducing activation states to the communication medium, thus offering a variety of integration methods. In the scope of this study, we focus on Time slot Index Modulation applied on a SISO (single-input single-output) wireless communication channel between transmitter and receiver. Furthermore, a residual carrier is used for transmitting the data signal, as well as a Phase-Locked Loop component by the receiver to undo the channel’s attenuation. Last but not least, the results of the experiment are presented and comparisons are made between the proposed scheme and currently used ones.