Time-reversed ultra-wideband (UWB) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) based on measured spatial channels

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2884-2898

  Zhou, Chenming ^a   Guo, Nan ^b   Qiu, Robert Caiming ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulse multiple input multiple output (MIMO); Intersymbol interference (ISI); Multipath; Spatial focusing; Time reversal (TR); Ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

IMPULSE MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO); INTERSYMBOL INTERFERENCE (ISI); MULTIPATH; SPATIAL FOCUSING; TIME REVERSAL (TR);

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; INTERSYMBOL INTERFERENCE; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MULTIPLEXING; QUANTUM THEORY; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 67549092001     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2008.2012109     Document Type: Article

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