Title :
Development of a low-IF receiver and a fixed wireless utility network
Author :
Thumaty, S. ; Pham, A. ; van Wyk, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Clemson Univ., SC, USA
Abstract :
We present the design and development of a low-IF receiver and a fixed wireless utility network. This receiver is designed to achieve a dynamic range of 80 dB, a sensitivity of -105 dBm and a noise figure of 5 dB for a narrow band spread spectrum modulation scheme at 900 MHz. We demonstrate the feasibility of the low-IF receiver for low-cost implementation that alleviates the issue of 60 Hz power line in wireless electricity meter networks.
Keywords :
automatic meter reading; electricity supply industry; radio networks; radiotelemetry; spread spectrum communication; 5 dB; 60 Hz; 900 MHz; dynamic range; fixed wireless utility network; low-IF receiver; low-cost implementation; narrow band spread spectrum modulation scheme; noise figure; power line; sensitivity; wireless electricity meter networks; Dynamic range; Image converters; Local area networks; Mixers; Narrowband; Radio frequency; Spread spectrum communication; Transceivers; Watthour meters; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2002 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7239-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2002.1011783
