Detection characteristics, resolution capability, and target coordinates measurement accuracy of Multisite Radar Systems (MSRSs) consisting of Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radars are analyzed. Two types of UWB radars are considered: using short carrier-free pulses and using pulses with carrier frequencies. Target radial dimensions are assumed to be much greater than range resolution cells of UWB radars...

Ultra-wideband (UWB) communications systems provide extremely high data rates while using low transmit power relative to narrowband systems. Recent research concludes that such systems have characteristics that make them appropriate for highspeed wireless network applications. One of the distinguishing aspects of the UWB signal is an extremely high fractional bandwidth when compared with conven...

a fully integrated, ultra low-power, varying pulse width fifth-order derivative Gaussian pulse generator designed and fabricated in a commercial 0.18μm CMOS technology is reported for 3-10GHz impulse ultra wideband (UWB) transceivers. The fifth-order derivative Gaussian pulse generator circuit consists of four parallel Gaussian pulse formation blocks and an output stage. It can generate UWB pul...

This paper includes a new technique for media access control (MAC) in the Ultra Wide Band (UWB) spectrum. We use a TDMA based protocol that utilizes Multiband Impulse-based Ultra Wideband (MI-UWB). The proposed MAC protocol (UWB-MAC) uses TDMA on multiple bands to maximize throughput for streaming media applications. This is accomplished by using MI-UWB in combination with TDMA on multiple chan...

This work investigates the use of Time Reversal (TR) applied to UWB systems for communication and positioning applications. Potential performance boosts, that are achievable over a single UWB communication link by the sole adoption of TR, are investigated. In the case of multiuser UWB communications, it is shown that TR modifies the distribution of Multi User Interference (MUI) and that further...

For an indoor ultra-wideband (UWB) communication system, the line-of-sight (LOS) between the transmitter and receiver may be frequently blocked by moving people. Blocking of LOS may significantly affect the quality of service of on-going UWB communications. Based on the Angular Power Spectrum Density and the human blocking models, we build a packet-level UWB channel model considering the shadow...

This dissertation investigates Ultra-Wideband (UWB) techniques for the next generation Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) towards the Internetof-Things (IoT). In particular, an ultra-high frequency (UHF) wireless-powered UWB radio (UHF/UWB hybrid) with asymmetric links is explored from system architecture to circuit implementation. Context-aware, location-aware, and energy-aware computing fo...

Chaotic signals are ultra-wideband signals that can be generated with simple circuits in any frequency bands at arbitrary power level. The ultra-wideband property of chaotic carriers is beneficial in indoor and mobile applications where multipath propagation limits the attainable bit error rate. Another possible application is the ultra-wideband (UWB) radio, where the spectrum of transmitted si...

Ultra-wideband (UWB) technique has become one of the most fascinating technologies with various antennas. It has the merits of high speed transmission rate, low power consumption and simple hardware configuration over conventional wireless communication systems. The research and development of the UWB systems including antennas have been widely performed [1-5]. Recently, UWB systems have focuse...

Performances of multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) and direct sequence based ultra wideband (DS-UWB) systems are studied in interfered multipath channel. The radio channel is based on the modified Saleh-Valenzuela model. The studies related to the comparison between MB-OFDM and DS-UWB within interference seems to be unsubstantial in the literature. Therefore, it is c...