Channel Estimation using Kalman Filter for Uwb Communication Systems

Author

Sethi, Shruti ; Pasand, Reza ; Nielsen, John

Author_Institution

TR Labs, Calgary, Alta.

fYear

2006

fDate

23-25 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper investigates the estimation of time varying channels for ultra-wideband (UWB) impulse radio communication. The channel parameters considered are the attenuations and delays incurred by the signal echoes along the different propagation paths. Time hopping using pulse position modulation (PPM) with binary symbols is assumed. The estimation method is based on Kalman estimation using pilot pulses. Simulation results for bit error rate (BER) performance of both multi-bit rake (MBR) and single-bit Rake (SBR) receivers, using Kalman based channel estimation, are presented

Keywords

Kalman filters; channel estimation; error statistics; pulse position modulation; time-varying channels; ultra wideband communication; BER; Kalman filter; PPM; Rake receiver; UWB communication system; bit error rate; channel estimation; pulse position modulation; signal echoes; time hopping; time varying channel; ultra-wideband impulse radio communication; Attenuation; Bit error rate; Channel estimation; Kalman filters; Propagation delay; Pulse modulation; RAKE receivers; Radio communication; Ultra wideband communication; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2006. MILCOM 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0617-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0618-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2006.302371

Filename

4086898