Title :
On the energy capture of ultrawide bandwidth signals in dense multipath environments
Author :
Win, Moe Z. ; Scholtz, Robert A.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Sci. Inst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
A quasi-analytical experimental analysis is described in this paper to quantify the tradeoff between energy capture and diversity level in a RAKE receiver using measured received waveforms obtained from ultrawide bandwidth signal propagation experiments.
Keywords :
broadband networks; diversity reception; multipath channels; radio receivers; radiowave propagation; spread spectrum communication; RAKE receiver; dense multipath environments; diversity level; energy capture; quasi-analytical experimental analysis; received waveforms; signal propagation experiments; ultrawide bandwidth signals; AWGN; Additive white noise; Bandwidth; Energy capture; Fading; Interference; Laboratories; Multipath channels; Noise measurement; Shape measurement;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4234.718491
