Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.15.4a UWB system

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1474-1485

  Ahmadian, Zahra ^a   Lampe, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy detection; Error correction coding; IEEE 802.15.4a standard; Impulse radio (IR); Pulse position modulation (PPM); RAKE receiver; Ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DETECTION; ERROR-CORRECTION CODING; IEEE 802.15.4A STANDARD; IMPULSE RADIO (IR); PULSE-POSITION MODULATION (PPM); RAKE RECEIVER;

BINARY PHASE SHIFT KEYING; BIT ERROR RATE; BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CONVOLUTION; CONVOLUTIONAL CODES; DECODING; ERROR CORRECTION; ERROR DETECTION; IMPULSE NOISE; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE POSITION MODULATION; RADIO; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 66849141974     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2009.05.070599     Document Type: Article

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