Optimized Greedy Detection for OFDM-IM Systems

Recently, a new transmission method has been proposed for power-efficient wireless communication systems called Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing with Index Modulation (OFDM-IM). This method offers high spectral efficiency with good error performance. The greedy detection (GD) scheme of subcarrier indices is often used to reduce the complexity of the OFDM-IM system in comparison to other relevant detectors. In this letter, an optimized greedy detection (OGD) scheme is proposed. The received subblock is divided into mini-subblocks to decrease the risk of error. The Total Symbol Error Probability (TSEP) is derived using a closed-form expression to evaluate the performance. Simulation and analytic results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed detector.