Relay-assisted UWB communications: links characterization and power allocation

Author

Palombara, C. La ; Conti, A. ; Tralli, V.

Author_Institution

DEIS, Univ. of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

14-16 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

293

Lastpage

297

Abstract

Ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) technology is rising interest for several applications dealing with wireless communication and network localization. Inherent coverage limitations can be overcome via relaying. We propose an analytical framework for the performance evaluation of relay-assisted UWB communications that account for (a) new single link characterization in IEEE 802.15.4a channels, (b) network topology, and (c) various power allocation techniques. Starting from a new class of tight bounds characterizing the performance in each link, the framework enables to quantify the benefits of relaying for ideal power control, uniform power distribution and optimal power allocation minimizing the bit error probability (BEP).

Keywords

error statistics; radio links; relays; telecommunication network topology; ultra wideband communication; IEEE 802.15.4a channel; bit error probability; link characterization; network localization; network topology; optimal power allocation; power allocation; relay-assisted UWB communication; ultra-wide bandwidth technology; uniform power distribution; wireless communication; Fading; Numerical models; Relays; Resource management; Signal to noise ratio; Strontium; Upper bound;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bologna

ISSN

2162-6588

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1763-5

Electronic_ISBN

2162-6588

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUWB.2011.6058848

Filename

6058848