Cramér-Rao lower bounds for the synchronization of UWB signals

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2005, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 426-438

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Kennedy, Rodney A ^a   Abhayapala, Thushara D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cram r Rao lower bounds; Synchronization; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CODES (SYMBOLS); DATA ACQUISITION; FREQUENCY HOPPING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SYNCHRONIZATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CRAMÉ-RAO LOWER BOUNDS; MULTIUSER ACCESS; TIME HOPPING (TH); ULTRA-WIDEBAND;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 20944439194     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/ASP.2005.426     Document Type: Article

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