Abstract
In this paper, the average bit error rate performance of quadrature spatial modulation (QSM) transmission technique over double complex Nakagami-m fading channels is investigated. In the proposed scheme, in which all terminals are in motion as mobiles or vehicles. The average bit error rate is derived by using pairwise error probability and upper bound union expressions, which are defined for the QSM transmission technique. In this context, the mean vector and variance matrix of double complex Nakagami-m fading channels has been presented using of properties of its statistics. Furthermore, at the receiver side, the impact of Gaussian imperfect channel state information on the performance is considered, and analytical expression is presented. Finally, it has been demonstrated that Monte Carlo simulation results prove the exactness of analytical results under different system settings and the severity of fading parameters.