An overview of ultra wide band indoor channel measurements and modeling

Author

Irahhauten, Zoubir ; Nikookar, Homayoun ; Janssen, Gerard J M

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

14

Issue

8

fYear

2004

Firstpage

386

Lastpage

388

Abstract

In this paper, an overview of reported measurements and modeling of the ultra wide band (UWB) indoor wireless channel is presented. An introduction to UWB technology and UWB channels is provided. Different UWB channel sounding techniques are discussed and approaches for the modeling of the UWB channel are reviewed. The available indoor UWB channel measurement results are consulted and accordingly, the major UWB channel parameters are presented and compared to those of narrowband systems. The novelty of this work is the gathering of different UWB channel parameters, analysis, and comparison. Added with the influence of UWB antenna in channel-modeling as well as the frequency-dependency of the channel parameters, leading to a conclusion on the UWB radio channel modeling.

Keywords

broadband antennas; broadband networks; indoor radio; UWB channels; UWB indoor channel measurements; UWB indoor channel modeling; UWB radio channel modeling; UWB technology; channel parameters; channel sounding techniques; conventional narrowband and wide-band systems; inverse Fourier transform; narrowband systems; time decay constant; ultra wide band; wireless channel; Algorithm design and analysis; Bandwidth; Frequency domain analysis; Frequency measurement; Frequency synthesizers; Narrowband; Pulse measurements; Time measurement; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology; CNWS; Conventional narrowband and wide-band systems; IFT; TDC; UWB; indoor wireless channel; inverse Fourier transform; time decay constant; ultra wide band;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2004.832620

Filename

1316917