  In this paper, for the first time real-world channel measurements are used to
analyse the performance of spatial modulation (SM), where a full analysis of
the average bit error rate performance (ABER) of SM using measured urban
correlated and uncorrelated Rayleigh fading channels is provided. The channel
measurements are taken from an outdoor urban multiple input multiple output
(MIMO) measurement campaign. Moreover, ABER performance results using simulated
Rayleigh fading channels are provided and compared with a derived analytical
bound for the ABER of SM, and the ABER results for SM using the measured urban
channels. The ABER results using the measured urban channels validate the
derived analytical bound and the ABER results using the simulated channels.
  Finally, the ABER of SM is compared with the performance of spatial
multiplexing (SMX) using the measured urban channels for small and large scale
MIMO. It is shown that SM offers nearly the same or a slightly better
performance than SMX for small scale MIMO. However, SM offers large reduction
in ABER for large scale MIMO.
