Signal Processing Model and Receiver Algorithms for a Higher Rate Multi-User TR-UWB System

Transmit-reference (TR) schemes are commonly used only in low data rate ultra-wideband (UWB) systems because of many restrictions on the pulse spacing, frame and symbol periods (should be longer than the channel length). This paper extends our previous research that tries to remove these restrictions to enable a higher data rate application in a multiuser context. Based on the fact that most UWB channels are highly uncorrelated, we can formulate a CMDA-like signal processing model for an asynchronous multiuser system. Blind and iterative algorithms are derived, of which the performances are compared and verified in simulations.