On the analysis of UWB communication channels

Author

Cramer, J.M. ; Scholtz, R.A. ; Win, M.Z.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Southern California, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1191

Abstract

Ultra-wideband (UWB) communication systems have been proposed for use in dense multipath or shadowed environments. Given the bandwidth of the signals involved, traditional signal processing techniques are often not applicable to the analysis of UWB waveforms. In particular, many array signal processing techniques for determining the angle-of-arrival which make use of a narrowband assumption are not suitable. An iterative algorithm for the UWB channel characterization is proposed and a discussion is initiated

Keywords

array signal processing; direction-of-arrival estimation; fading channels; iterative methods; multipath channels; waveform analysis; Hermite functions; UWB communication channels; UWB short-pulse systems; UWB waveform analysis; angle-of-arrival; array signal processing; dense multipath environment; iterative algorithm; shadowed environment; signal bandwidth; time-of arrival determination; ultra-wideband communication systems; wireless communications; Antenna measurements; Correlators; Energy capture; Narrowband; Pulse measurements; Sensor arrays; Shape measurement; Signal processing; Transmitters; Ultra wideband communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference Proceedings, 1999. MILCOM 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5538-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1999.821392

Filename

821392