Title :
Impulse radio multipath characteristics and diversity reception
Author :
Cramer, Jean Marc A. ; Win, Moe Z. ; Scholtz, Robert A.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Sci. Inst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Delay-and-sum beamforming is applied to both ideal and measured ultra-wideband (UWB) signals. The results of propagation measurements are also used directly to estimate the performance of an UWB communication system and to characterize design tradeoffs
Keywords :
array signal processing; direction-of-arrival estimation; diversity reception; multipath channels; radio receivers; radiowave propagation; RAKE receiver; UWB communication system; angle-of-arrival; array performance; delay-and-sum beamforming; design tradeoffs; diversity reception; ideal UWB signal; impulse radio; measured UWB signal; multipath characteristics; performance estimation; propagation measurements; time-of-arrival; ultra-wideband signals; Bandwidth; Clocks; Diversity reception; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Radio transmitters; Receiving antennas; Sensor arrays; Signal resolution; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1998. ICC 98. Conference Record. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4788-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1998.683110
