Time transfer in impulse radio networks

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2771-2781

  Chui, Chee Cheon ^a   Scholtz, Robert A ^b  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Synchronization; Ultrawideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; CLOCK OFFSET; CLOCK RATE; IMPULSE RADIO; IMPULSE SIGNAL; LOWER BOUNDS; MULTIPLE ACCESS; NARROWBAND SIGNAL; NETWORK NODE; PULSE SIGNAL; TIME TRANSFER; TIMING ERRORS; TRANSFER SCHEME; UWB TRANSMISSION; WIRELESS MEASUREMENTS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CLOCKS; CONTROL THEORY; SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 70350424456     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2009.09.080121     Document Type: Article

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