Performance Analysis of Full-Duplex Decode-and-Forward Relaying With Media-Based Modulation

In this paper, we introduce and analyze the performance of a two-hop three-node full-duplex (FD) relay network, where the source and relay nodes transmit using media-based modulation (MBM). An MBM is a promising new modulation scheme that conveys information bits by digitally controlling the parasitic elements (known as radio frequency mirrors) placed near the transmit antenna. The relay uses decode-and-forward relaying protocol. We refer to this system as FD relaying system with MBM (FDR-MBM). We first derive an upper bound on the end-to-end average bit error probability of FDR-MBM with maximum-likelihood detection at the relay and destination nodes. The bound is increasingly tight with increasing signal-to-noise ratios. Numerical results show that, for the same spectral efficiency, FDR-MBM can perform better than FD relaying using conventional modulation schemes. We then derive the diversity order achieved in FDR-MBM. The analytically predicted diversity orders are validated through simulations. Finally, we derive lower and upper bounds on the achievable rate in FDR-MBM.