A generalized signal flow graph approach for hybrid acquisition of ultra-wideband signals

International Journal of Wireless Information Networks

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 179-191

  Homier, Eric A ^a,b   Scholtz, Robert A ^c  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Code acquisition; Nonconsecutive search; Synchronization; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

CODE ACQUISITION; MULTIPATH CHANNELS; NONCONSECUTIVE SEARCH; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

BANDWIDTH; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; GRAPH THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 3543064165     PISSN: 10689605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJWI.0000022049.93791.58     Document Type: Article

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