Dear Reader,

* This is the dataset of the submitted paper (April, 2017):  I. A. Hemadeh, P. Botsinis, M. El-Hajjar, S. H. Won and L. Hanzo, "Reduced-RF-Chain Aided Soft-Decision Multi-Set Steered Space-Time Shift-Keying for Millimeter-Wave Communications"




* Paper Abstract:
Soft-decision-aided Multi-Set Steered Space-Time Shift Keying (MS-SSTSK) intrinsically amalgamated with channel coding is proposed in order to attain near capacity-performance. Multi-Set Space-Time Shift Keying (MS-STSK) is a Multiple-input Multiple-output (MIMO) scheme, which combines the concepts of Spatial Modulation (SM) and STSK for the sake of achieving high data rates and enhanced system integrity. Furthermore, MS-STSK is combined with Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) as well as Single-Carrier Frequency Domain Equalization (SC-FDE) and additionally enhanced by analogue beamforming in order to support communications at Millimeter Wave (mmWave) frequencies. Given that OFDM-based SM systems cannot directly benefit from the reduced number of RF chains of SM due to the spreading effects of the Fast-Fourier Transform (FFT) and they suffer from a high Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR), we opt for employing the SC-based arrangement. The soft-decision-aided detector of the SC-based MS-STSK is 
combined with Recursive Systematic Convolutional (RSC) encoding and iterative detection at the receiver side in order to achieve excellent performance within 1.1 dB and 1.4 dB from the capacity limit for the soft-decision MS-STSK system and within 1.1 dB from the capacity limit for the SC-FDE-aided soft-decision MS-STSK. We also use EXtrinsic Information Transfer (EXIT) charts for analyzing our systems and evaluate their achievable rates.



* Project:
The financial support of the EPSRC projects EP/Noo4558/1 and EP/L018659/1, as well as of the European Research Council’s Advanced Fellow Grant under the Beam-Me-Up project and of the Royal Society’s Wolfson Research Merit Award is gratefully acknowledged.


* This dataset contains the data used for producing Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of the ACCEPTED paper "Reduced-RF-Chain Aided Soft-Decision Multi-Set Steered Space-Time Shift-Keying for Millimeter-Wave Communications". Each folder is named according to the figure's number and the dataset of each cruve - of each figure - is stored in a .dat file in that folder. There is THREE different plot types: BER plots, EXIT charts and CAPACITY plots, which are represented as follows:
      - The BER plots are represented by the Eb/N0, SNR and BER values as "Eb/N0 SNR BER". 
      - The EXIT charts are represented by the I_{Det, a} a priori and I_{Det, e} extrinsic mutual information.
      - The CAPACITY plots are reperesented by the Achievable Capacity vs SNR.
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To regenerate the results please use the command "gle Figure_Name.gle" (Graphics Layout Engine -GLE- should be installed on your machine)

Enjoy!
Ibrahim A. Hemadeh
12/04/2017