Phase Uniformity Detector for GRSMReceivers in mmWave and Sub-THz Bands

Abstract

This paper introduces a phase-domain statistical detector, the Phase Uniformity Detector (PUD), for binary hypothesis testing in Generalized Receive Spatial Modulation (GRSM) systems. The PUD uses direct RF sampling to obtain received signal samples, their phases are modeled via Directional Statistics (DS). A Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test (GLRT) is derived and reduced to a Rayleigh uniformity test with a closed-form, noise-variance-independent threshold. Unlike conventional Energy Detection (ED), the PUD offers robust spatial detection under Independent Local Oscillator Phase Noise (ILO-PN), remaining insensitive to energy fluctuations and noise uncertainty. Additionally, a phase-coherence-aware combining scheme mitigates ILO-PN without requiring estimation.