On the Joint Optimization of Dispersion Matrices and Constellations for Near-Capacity Irregular Precoded Space-Time Shift Keying

Joint dispersion-matrix and constellation optimization algorithm is proposed, which is invoked for the recent space-time shift keying (STSK) scheme. More specifically, the theoretical gradients of the discrete-input continuous-output memoryless channel's (DCMC) capacity with respect to both a dispersion-matrix set and to the modem constellations are derived, which allows a substantial reduction in the computational complexity required for maximizing the system's capacity. Furthermore, we also conceive a near-capacity irregular-precoded STSK (IR-PSTSK) architecture, which is designed with the aid of extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) charts, while invoking STSK sub-codes, which are optimized by using the proposed algorithm.