Antenna Array Based Positional Modulation with a Two-Ray Multi-Path Model

Traditional directional modulation (DM) designs are based on the assumption that there is no multi-path effect between transmitters and receivers. One problem with these designs is that the resultant systems will be vulnerable to eavesdroppers which are aligned with or very close to the desired directions, as the received modulation pattern at these positions is similar to the given one. To solve the problem, a two-ray multi-path model is studied for positional modulation and the coefficients design problem for a given array geometry and a location-optimised antenna array is solved, where the multipath effect is exploited to generate a given modulation pattern at desired positions, with scrambled values at positions around them.

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