A study on the channel and BER-SNR performance of ultra wide band systems applied in commercial vehicles

Author

Aldeeb, Walid ; Xiang, Weidong ; Richardson, Paul

Author_Institution

ECE Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn, MI

fYear

2007

fDate

April 30 2007-May 2 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The applications of ultra wideband (UWB) systems in commercial vehicles are increasingly attracting attention recently. This paper aims to lay a solid foundation for the use of UWB radio in vehicular environments by measuring both intra-vehicle and inter-vehicle UWB channels. At first, a comprehensive measurement campaign was conducted to gather a set of channel impulse responses of UWB channels under several typical scenarios. The UWB vehicular channel is analyzed and compared with the IEEE 802.15.3a indoor model. Next, the bit error rate (BER) against signal to noise ratio (SNR) curves of UWB systems applied in commercial vehicles are presented, analyzed and compared to the performance of indoor UWB systems based on the IEEE 802.15.3a model.

Keywords

error statistics; mobile radio; ultra wideband communication; wireless channels; BER-SNR; IEEE 802.15.3a indoor model; bit error rate; channel impulse responses; commercial vehicles; intervehicle UWB channels; intravehicle UWB channels; signal to noise ratio; ultra UWB radio; ultra wide band systems; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Control systems; Performance analysis; Pulse modulation; Signal analysis; Signal to noise ratio; Ultra wideband technology; Vehicles; Wireless sensor networks; Channel modeling; Ultra wide-band; Vehicular communications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sarnoff Symposium, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Nassau Inn, Princeton, NJ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2483-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SARNOF.2007.4567331

Filename

4567331