Impulse radio: how it works

Author

Win, Moe Z. ; Scholtz, Robert A.

Author_Institution

Commun. Sci. Inst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

2

Issue

2

fYear

1998

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

38

Abstract

Impulse radio, a form of ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) spread-spectrum signaling, has properties that make it a viable candidate for short-range communications in dense multipath environments. This paper describes the characteristics of impulse radio using a modulation format that can be supported by currently available impulse signal technology and gives analytical estimates of its multiple-access capability under ideal multiple-access channel conditions.

Keywords

multi-access systems; multipath channels; pseudonoise codes; pulse position modulation; spread spectrum communication; telecommunication signalling; impulse radio; impulse signal technology; modulation format; multipath environments; multiple-access channel conditions; multiple-access performance; pseudonoise generator; pulse position data modulation; randomly selected time-hopping sequence designs; short-range communications; ultra-wide bandwidth spread-spectrum signaling; Antennas and propagation; Bandwidth; Baseband; Clocks; Fading; Pulse modulation; Signal analysis; Spread spectrum communication; Tracking loops; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4234.660796

Filename

660796