Title :
On the BER performance of pulse-position-modulation UWB radio in multipath channels
Author :
Lijia Ge ; Guangrong Yue ; Affes, S.
Author_Institution :
Chongqing Sinotel Digital Commun. & Signal Process. Inst., China
Abstract :
The impact of multipath propagation on ultra wide band (UWB) radio, which is carrier free, is quite different from that on conventional radio. This paper presents a theoretical analysis of the bit error rate (BER) performance of binary pulse-position-modulation (PPM) UWB radio in multipath channels. The BER formula is derived. Particular attention is paid to the effect of the propagation time-delay on the BER performance. It is also noted that, for the PPM scheme, the multipath propagation time-delay may lead to unbalanced BERs over "0"-"1" in some particular multipath channels.
Keywords :
delays; error statistics; multipath channels; pulse position modulation; radiowave propagation; spread spectrum communication; BER performance; PN sequence synchronization; PPM UWB radio; binary pulse position modulation; bit error rate; computer simulation results; impulse radio; modulation index; multipath channels; propagation loss; propagation time-delay; Bit error rate; Digital communication; Digital signal processing; Fading; Multipath channels; Performance analysis; Propagation delay; Propagation losses; Pulse modulation; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Ultra Wideband Systems and Technologies, 2002. Digest of Papers. 2002 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7496-7
DOI :
10.1109/UWBST.2002.1006355
