Title :
Comments on "Carrier tracking in RAKE reception of wide-band DSSS in Ricean fading"
Author :
Ziemer, R.E. ; Milstein, L.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Abstract :
In an earlier paper by Ziemer et al. (see ibid., vol.47, no.6, pp.681-6, 1999), the effect of phase-tracking error in the fingers of a coherent RAKE receiver was characterized. This paper gives additional results for the case where the phase tracking error is due jointly to input noise to the receiver and phase noise internal to the phase tracking device. An optimum number of paths exists, giving a minimum bit-error probability.
Keywords :
Rician channels; error statistics; phase noise; radio receivers; radio tracking; spread spectrum communication; Ricean fading; bit error probability; carrier tracking; coherent RAKE receiver; phase noise; phase tracking error; wideband DS-SS; Additive white noise; Fading; Fingers; Gaussian noise; Multipath channels; Phase noise; Signal to noise ratio; Spread spectrum communication; Tracking loops; Wideband;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
