Error rate analysis of broadband binary FM in an indoor channel

Author

Wedge, David

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Labs., Bristol, UK

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

1-4 Sep 1997

Firstpage

251

Abstract

The emerging 5 GHz unlicensed bands in Europe and the US may be used to support short range, high rate links for portable computers. This would overcome the range and directionality limitations of today´s infrared connections. This paper investigates the performance of a binary FM link in this application, operating in a dispersive indoor channel. The consequence of increasing the modulation index is explored as a cost free means of multipath mitigation. An increase from 0.5 (MSK) to 1 was found to yield a worthwhile improvement in tolerable delay spread. Increasing the index beyond 1 gave no further improvement but significantly affected the spectral occupancy of the signal. This defines a precise design point for high rate, short range radios

Keywords

broadband networks; delays; error statistics; frequency modulation; indoor radio; inter-computer links; interference suppression; land mobile radio; minimum shift keying; multipath channels; radio spectrum management; radiofrequency interference; 5 GHz; 5 GHz unlicensed bands; broadband binary FM; delay spread; design; dispersive indoor channel; error rate analysis; indoor channel; modulation index; multipath mitigation; performance; portable computers; short range high rate links; spectral occupancy; Application software; Bandwidth; Dispersion; Error analysis; Fading; Frequency modulation; Frequency shift keying; Measurement standards; Mobile computing; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1997. Waves of the Year 2000. PIMRC '97., The 8th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3871-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.1997.630891

Filename

630891