Characterization of ultra-wide bandwidth wireless indoor channels: A communication-theoretic view

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1613-1627

  Win, Moe Z ^a   Scholtz, Robert A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

All Rake receiver (ARake); Bit error probability (BEP); Energy capture; Propagation channel; Selective Rake (SRake) receiver; Spread spectrum; Ultra wide bandwidth (UWB)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FADING (RADIO); PROBABILITY; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ULTRA-WIDE BANDWIDTH (UWB) SIGNAL PROPAGATION;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036906341     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2002.805031     Document Type: Review

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