Modified phase-only correlator with kurtosis-based amplified-noise suppression

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3341-3345

  Zhou, Yuan ^a   Guan, Yong Liang ^a   Law, Choi Look ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

High resolution ranging; kurtosis; phase only correlator; ToA estimation; UWB

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION; KURTOSIS; PHASE-ONLY; TOA ESTIMATION; UWB;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 78449266731     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2010.100510.100163     Document Type: Article

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