We explore a bandwidth efficient transmission scheme that amalgamates multiple-input-multiple-output spatial multiplexing (SMX) with receive antenna based spatial modulation (RSM). The RSM here is applied to the combined spatial and power-level domain, not by activating and de-activating the receive antennas, but rather by choosing between two power levels {P1, P2} for the received symbols in these antennas, such that all receive antennas are active and SMX can still be accommodated. This

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... for the coexistence of RSM with SMX and the results show an increased bandwidth efficiency for the proposed scheme compared to both SMX and RSM. We further carry out a mathematical analysis to optimize the ratio between P1 and P2 for attaining the minimum error rates. Our analytical and simulation results demonstrate significant bandwidth efficiency gains for the proposed scheme compared to conventional SMX and RSM.