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arxiv: 2606.04537 · v1 · pith:PR55SIYWnew · submitted 2026-06-03 · 💻 cs.IT · math.IT

Enhanced Fluid Index Modulation for Integrated Data and Energy Transfer

Long Zhang , Yizhe Zhao , Halvin Yang , Qiang Liu , Kai-Kit Wong This is my paper

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keywords fluid index modulationintegrated data and energy transferfluid antenna systempower splittingrate-energy trade-offalternating optimizationbit error rateharvested power
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Fluid index modulation with fluid antennas and power splitting maximizes harvested power under BER and rate constraints in IDET systems.

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This paper proposes a fluid index modulation scheme for integrated data and energy transfer that uses a two-dimensional fluid antenna system at the base station and power splitting at the receiver. Information bits are carried by both conventional modulation symbols and the index of the selected antenna port. Closed-form expressions are derived for average harvested power, bit error rate, and achievable rate under finite-alphabet inputs. A joint optimization problem is solved by an alternating framework that applies the Riemannian augmented Lagrangian method to the precoding vector and block coordinate descent to port selection, yielding a superior rate-energy trade-off in simulations.

Core claim

The paper establishes that fluid index modulation, where data is encoded in both symbol values and antenna port indices within a fluid antenna system, combined with receiver power splitting, permits closed-form performance metrics and an alternating optimization algorithm that jointly tunes port selection, precoding, and splitting ratio to maximize average harvested power while respecting bit error rate and rate limits.

What carries the argument

The alternating optimization framework that applies the Riemannian augmented Lagrangian method to the precoding vector and block coordinate descent to port selection, jointly optimizing port selection, precoding vector, and power splitting ratio.

If this is right

  • The proposed scheme achieves a superior rate-energy trade-off over benchmark schemes.
  • The algorithm attains near-optimal performance with significantly lower complexity than exhaustive search.
  • Closed-form expressions for harvested power, BER, and rate enable direct evaluation without Monte Carlo simulation.
  • The system supports sustainable low-power wireless networks by improving both reliability and energy transfer efficiency.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same port-selection and precoding approach could be tested in multi-user or multi-antenna receiver settings to check scalability.
  • Hardware impairments such as port switching latency or mutual coupling in the fluid antenna could be added to the model to assess robustness.
  • The rate-energy objective might be compared against other index-modulation variants that use different selection criteria.

Load-bearing premise

The closed-form derivations for average harvested power, BER, and achievable rate under finite-alphabet signaling are accurate, and the alternating optimization framework converges reliably to a solution satisfying the BER and rate constraints.

What would settle it

A simulation or measurement in which the empirical bit error rate under the same finite-alphabet inputs deviates measurably from the derived closed-form expression would falsify the performance analysis.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.04537 by Halvin Yang, Kai-Kit Wong, Long Zhang, Qiang Liu, Yizhe Zhao.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: System model of FIM assisted IDET system. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Average harvested power comparison of our algorithm and exhaustive [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Average harvested power comparison of different FIM schemes. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Average harvested power versus port number [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Average harvested power and achievable data rate versus number of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Average harvested power versus different achievable data rate threshold [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_8.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Integrated data and energy transfer (IDET) is a promising technique for supporting sustainable low-power wireless networks. To improve both communication reliability and energy transfer efficiency, this paper investigates a fluid index modulation (FIM) assisted IDET system, where the base station employs a two-dimensional fluid antenna system (FAS) and the receiver adopts a power-splitting architecture. In FIM, the information bits are delivered not only from the modulation symbols, but also the index of antenna position. Under finite-alphabet signaling, the average harvested power, bit error rate (BER), and achievable data rate are derived in closed form. A joint optimization problem is formulated to maximize the average harvested power subject to BER and achievable rate constraints by jointly optimizing the port selection, precoding vector, and power splitting ratio. An alternating optimization framework is developed, where the precoding vector and port selection are obtained via a Riemannian augmented Lagrangian method (RALM) and block coordinate descent (BCD) algorithm, respectively. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed scheme achieves a superior rate-energy trade-off over benchmark schemes, while the proposed algorithm attains near-optimal performance with significantly lower complexity than exhaustive search.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper proposes an enhanced fluid index modulation (FIM) scheme for integrated data and energy transfer (IDET) with a 2D fluid antenna system (FAS) at the base station and power-splitting receiver. Under finite-alphabet signaling, closed-form expressions are derived for average harvested power, BER, and achievable rate. A joint optimization maximizes harvested power subject to BER and rate constraints by optimizing port selection, precoding vector, and power splitting ratio. An alternating optimization framework uses Riemannian augmented Lagrangian method (RALM) for precoding/port selection and block coordinate descent (BCD) for the remainder. Simulations claim superior rate-energy trade-off versus benchmarks and near-optimal performance with lower complexity than exhaustive search.

Significance. If the closed-form expressions for harvested power, BER, and rate are accurate and the alternating optimization converges reliably, the work could contribute to practical IDET designs by improving the rate-energy trade-off via fluid antennas and index modulation. The use of finite-alphabet signaling and explicit complexity comparison to exhaustive search are positive aspects. However, the central claims rest entirely on unverified derivations whose correctness cannot be assessed from the provided material.

major comments (1)
  1. The central claims (superior rate-energy trade-off and near-optimal algorithm performance) depend on the accuracy of the asserted closed-form expressions for average harvested power, BER, and achievable rate under finite-alphabet FIM with FAS and power splitting. These expressions are used both to set the optimization constraints and to generate the reported simulation curves. No equations, derivations, or verification steps are supplied, preventing evaluation of whether port-selection statistics, constellation effects, or power-splitting ratios are handled correctly.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the detailed review and for highlighting the importance of verifying the closed-form expressions. We address the major comment below and will strengthen the manuscript accordingly.

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  1. Referee: The central claims (superior rate-energy trade-off and near-optimal algorithm performance) depend on the accuracy of the asserted closed-form expressions for average harvested power, BER, and achievable rate under finite-alphabet FIM with FAS and power splitting. These expressions are used both to set the optimization constraints and to generate the reported simulation curves. No equations, derivations, or verification steps are supplied, preventing evaluation of whether port-selection statistics, constellation effects, or power-splitting ratios are handled correctly.

    Authors: We agree that the correctness of the closed-form expressions for average harvested power, BER, and achievable rate is foundational to all claims and simulation results. These expressions appear in Sections III-A (harvested power), III-B (BER), and III-C (rate) of the manuscript, derived under finite-alphabet signaling while accounting for port selection statistics, constellation effects, and the power-splitting ratio. However, we acknowledge that the provided material may not have included sufficient intermediate steps or verification. In the revision we will add an appendix containing the full step-by-step derivations together with Monte-Carlo validation plots that compare the closed-form expressions against empirical averages, thereby allowing direct assessment of the modeling assumptions. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: closed-form derivations are independent of optimization inputs

full rationale

The paper states that average harvested power, BER, and achievable rate are derived in closed form from the system model under finite-alphabet signaling, then inserted into an alternating optimization (RALM + BCD) that maximizes harvested power subject to BER/rate constraints. No quoted step reduces a claimed prediction or result to a fitted parameter, self-citation, or ansatz by construction; the expressions are presented as direct consequences of the channel and signaling model rather than being defined in terms of the target quantities. Simulations compare against external benchmarks, confirming the chain does not collapse to its own inputs.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

Only the abstract is available; no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities are stated.

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