Performance of UWB receivers with partial CSI using a simple body area network channel model

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-26

  Zasowski, Thomas ^a,b   Wittneben, Armin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swisscom AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body area network; Channel model; Non coherent receiver structures; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; ASSOCIATIVE STORAGE; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DETECTORS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MODEL STRUCTURES; MODULATION; PNEUMATIC DRIVES; PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE POSITION MODULATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AVERAGE DATUMS; AVERAGE POWERS; BODY AREA NETWORK; BODY AREA NETWORKS; CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS; CHANNEL MODEL; DATA RATES; DUTY CYCLES; ENERGY DETECTORS; FREQUENCY RANGES; LOW COMPLEXITIES; LOW POWERS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; ML DETECTORS; NON-COHERENT RECEIVER STRUCTURES; PARTIAL CHANNEL STATE INFORMATIONS; RECEIVER STRUCTURES; TRANSMITTEDREFERENCE PULSES; ULTRA WIDEBAND; ULTRA WIDEBAND COMMUNICATIONS; UWB RECEIVERS; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORKS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 58149510239     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2009.090103     Document Type: Article

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