Measuring time-varying I/Q impairments in digital transmitters

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3510-3518

  Angrisani, Leopoldo ^a   Schiano Lo Moriello, Rosario ^a   Vadursi, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discrete extended Kalman filter (DEKF); I Q impairment evaluation; Real time transmitter monitoring; Transmitter testing; Transmitter troubleshooting

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; BASE-BAND MODULATORS; DIGITAL TRANSMITTERS; DISCRETE EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER (DEKF); I/Q IMPAIRMENT EVALUATION; I/Q IMPAIRMENTS; NOISE MARGINS; PROBABILITY OF ERRORS; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; REAL TIME TRACKING; REAL-TIME TRANSMITTER MONITORING; TIME INVARIANTS; TIME VARYING;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; MONITORING; POSITION CONTROL; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 70349451951     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2018005     Document Type: Article

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