Low-complexity ML timing acquisition for UWB communications in dense multipath channels

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3031-3038

  Tian, Zhi ^a,b   Lottici, Vincenzo ^c,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d Department of Telecommunications ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Data aided; Maximum likehood estimation; Multipath; Nondata aided; Synchronization; Timing recovery; Ultra wideband communications

Indexed keywords

MULTIPATH CHANNELS; TAPPED DELAY LINE (TDL); TIMING ACQUISITION; ULTRAWIDEBAND (UWB) COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; SYNCHRONIZATION;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 29144528837     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2005.857996     Document Type: Article

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