Impact of Multipath Interference on the Performance of an UWB Fast Acquisition System for Ranging in an Indoor Wireless Channel

Author

Salih-Alj, Y. ; Despins, Charles ; Affes, S.

Author_Institution

INRS-E.M. & Telecommun., Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2008

fDate

5-8 May 2008

Firstpage

390

Lastpage

396

Abstract

In this paper, the effects of multipath interferences on the performance of a multiuser ultra-wideband (UWB) fast acquisition system operating in an underground indoor fading channel are evaluated and compared. Various pulse shapes are considered with different scenarios of interference and Gaussian noise in extensive Monte-Carlo simulations. The results show the 6 order Gaussian derivative as the most suitable pulse shape for this new UWB fast acquisition system suggested for ranging in a peculiar confined environment, offering very acceptable positioning error range at high levels of noise and interference, while also yielding greatly reduced complexity and acquisition time.

Keywords

Gaussian noise; Monte Carlo methods; fading channels; interference (signal); multipath channels; ultra wideband communication; Gaussian derivative; Gaussian noise; Monte-Carlo simulations; fast UWB acquisition system; indoor wireless channel; multipath interference; multiuser acquisition system; positioning error; pulse shapes; ranging; ultrawideband system; underground indoor fading channel; Fading; Gaussian noise; Interference; Noise level; Noise reduction; Noise shaping; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Ultra wideband technology; Working environment noise; Pulse shape; Ultra-Wideband; ranging; sequence acquisition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Networks and Services Research Conference, 2008. CNSR 2008. 6th Annual

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3135-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CNSR.2008.17

Filename

4519885