Searchback algorithms for TOA estimation in non-coherent low-rate IR-UWB systems

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 585-603

  Guvenc, I ^a   Sahinoglu, Z ^b   Orlik, P ^b   Arslan, H ^c  

^a DOCOMO USA LABS   (United States)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy detector; First path detection; Non coherent; Ranging; Sub Nyquist sampling; UWB

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; DYNAMIC MODELS; PACKET NETWORKS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RADIO SYSTEMS; RANGE FINDING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ENERGY DETECTOR; FIRST PATH DETECTION; NON-COHERENT; RANGING; SUB-NYQUIST SAMPLING; UWB;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 59349100573     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-008-9549-3     Document Type: Article

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