In this paper, the performance of DS-UWB and THUWB for a single-user link are compared for a data rate of 100 Mbps using the newly proposed, realistic UWB channel model from IEEE P802.15. The performance of suboptimal, fractionally spaced (FS), coherent Rake receivers with a pulse-matched filter is numerically evaluated with two channel estimation algorithms. DS-UWB and TH-UWB with antipodal mo...

In this paper, the channel estimation techniques for multiband (MB) OFDM ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless communications are investigated. By combining orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) with multi-band, the MB-OFDM systems can capture multipath energy more efficiently than single-band directsequence UWB (DS-UWB). However, most researches for UWB channel estimation are focused on th...

approved: _____________________________________________________ Huaping Liu Ultra-wideband (UWB) radio is the transmission of data using an extremely wide bandwidth and very low power spectral density. In this thesis, the merits and challenges of UWB architectures versus conventional narrowband architectures will be compared. Pulsed UWB systems can be implemented with very simple architectures....

The successful realization of a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) requires innovative solutions to meet the energy consumption budget of the autonomous sensor nodes. The radio interface is a major challenge, since its power consumption must be reduced below 100μW (energy scavenging limit). The emerging Ultra-WideBand (UWB) technology shows strong advantages in reaching this target. First, most ...

Impulse Radio (IR)-Ultra Wideband (UWB) enables accurate ranging due to very short duration pulses. Therefore, UWB may provide accurate positioning capability. In order to relax the complexity in circuit implementation, UWB system with low resolution analog digital converters (ADCs) has been investigated. In this paper, the accuracy of UWB positioning with comparators is investigated through ex...

Starting from the FCC Regulations and the IEEE UWB standard this contribution derives the required specifications for the blocks of UWB transceivers. It shows that if CMOS technology is used then the coverage of UWB impulse radio is limited by the low supply voltage. To overcome this limit more than one UWB carrier pulse is used to keep transmitted energy per bit high enough but to reduce the r...

Unique properties of Ultra Wideband (UWB) radio, including very high data rate, low power consumption and low cost, make it a promising technology for fourth generation short-range wireless mobile communications. This paper introduces the reader to the UWB technology, to its main properties, capabilities and applications. Furthermore, the current status of regulatory issues of UWB radio transmi...

Abstract. In this paper, we propose a new technique to extract low power UWB pulse radio signals, near to noise level, using statistical correlation technique in frequency domain. The receiver consists of many narrow bandpass filters which extract energy either from transmitted UWB signal, interfering channels or noise. Transmitted UWB data can be eliminated by statistical correlation of multip...

Problem Description The thesis consists of: 1-Study and understating of the UWB technology 2-Study and understanding of methods and principals for/behind positioning using the UWB technology. 3-Identification of a few suitable methods for practical implementation of such functionality. 4-Comparison of these methods and recommendation of one of them as the most suitable implementation method. Su...

Ultra-wideband (UWB) radio is a transmission technology that is based on short pulses, whose spectral width is on the order of several GHz. UWB signals are free of sine-wave carriers, and their duty cycle and power spectral density are low. These characteristics provide UWB radio with unique advantages: improved immunity to multi-path fading, increased ranging resolution, large tolerance to int...