A GLRT approach to data-aided timing acquisition in UWB radios - Part I: Algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2956-2967

  Tian, Zhi ^a,b,d   Giannakis, Georgios B ^a,c,e,f  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^e University of Minnesota   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data aided acquisition; Generalized likelihood ratio test; Timing recovery; Ultrawideband communications

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE ESTIMATION; CHANNEL PARAMETERS; PULSE REPETITION PATTERNS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIO COMMUNICATION; TIMING DEVICES;

RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 18444402052     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2005.858356     Document Type: Article

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