Code-Domain Grouped Index Modulation for Spectrally Efficient Spread-Spectrum Communications
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Efficient exploitation of spreading resources is important for improving the transmission efficiency of spread-spectrum communications. Code index modulation (CIM) conveys additional information through spreading-code indices without requiring extra radio-frequency chains. The fixed number of code-index branches in existing CIM schemes limits information allocation between the code-index and modulation-symbol domains as the target rate increases. This paper proposes code-domain grouped index modulation (CGIM), which partitions an orthogonal spreading-code bank into multiple groups and maps the in-phase and quadrature components of one quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbol in each group onto two independent code indices. Group-wise despreading enables parallel detection. Group-wise maximum-likelihood (ML) and low-complexity greedy detection (GD) are developed, with both achieving joint ML decisions under the stated conditions. A pairwise error probability (PEP)-based bit error rate (BER) analysis is derived for Rayleigh and Nakagami-$m$ fading, with additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) as a benchmark. Numerical results show that CGIM achieves better BER performance than traditional CIM benchmark schemes at the same transmission rate, owing to a more balanced distribution of information bits between the code-index and modulation-symbol domains.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Zhang, Peng, Dang, Jian, Zhang, Zaichen
Institutions: Southeast University, Purple Mountain Laboratories
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204258081
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