Hardware aware optimization of an ultra low power UWB communication system

2007 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, ICUWB

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 174-179

  Troesch, Florian ^a   Steiner, Christoph ^a   Zasowski, Thomas ^a   Burger, Thomas ^a   Wittneben, Armin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MODULATION; OPTIMIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

AVERAGE THROUGHPUT; DATA RATES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; KEY FEATURE; LOW-DUTY CYCLES; POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER SAVINGS; STATE OF THE ART LITERATURE; SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS; ULTRA WIDE BAND PULSES; ULTRA WIDE BANDS; ULTRA-LOW-POWER; UWB COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 47749144799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICUWB.2007.4380936     Document Type: Conference Paper

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