An ultra wideband linear array beamforming concept considering antenna and channel effects

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn 626 SP, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Neinhüs, Markus ^a   El Hadity, Mohamed ^a   Held, Sebastian ^a   Kaiser, Thomas ^a   Solbach, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenna impulse response; FIR filter; Impulse radio; UWB beamforming; UWB channel

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FIR FILTERS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA IMPULSE RESPONSE; IMPULSE RADIO; UWB BEAMFORMING; UWB CHANNELS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33847375225     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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