A parametric UWB propagation channel estimation and its performance validation in an anechoic chamber

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1802-1811

  Haneda, Katsuyuki ^a,b,c,e,f   Takada, Jun Ichi ^a,b,c,f,g,h   Kobayashi, Takehiko ^a,b,d  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^g ACES ^*  (Japan)

^h ECTI Association   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Parametric channel estimation; Spherical wavefront model; Ultrawide band (UWB) communication; UWB propagation

Indexed keywords

PARAMETRIC CHANNEL ESTIMATION; SPHERICAL WAVEFRONT MODEL; ULTRAWIDE-BAND (UWB) COMMUNICATION; UWB PROPAGATION;

ARRAYS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WAVEFRONTS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 33645901531     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.871990     Document Type: Conference Paper

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