Synchronization for impulse-radio UWB with energy-detection and multi-user interference: Algorithms and application to IEEE 802.15.4a

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 5458-5472

  Flury, Manuel ^a   Merz, Ruben ^b   Le Boudec, Jean Yves ^c  

^a ACCENTURE   (United States)

^b DEUTSCHE TELEKOM LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.15 standards; interference cancellation; multiple access interference; ultra wideband communication

Indexed keywords

CODE INTERFERENCE; COHERENT RECEIVERS; DATA-RATE; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; IEEE 802.15 STANDARDS; IEEE 802.15.4A; IMPULSE RADIOS; INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION; LOWER COMPLEXITY; MULTI-PATH; MULTI-USER INTERFERENCE; MULTIPLE ACCESS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PACKET DETECTION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHYSICAL LAYERS; RATIO TEST; ROBUST SYNCHRONIZATION; SYNCHRONIZATION ALGORITHM; TIMING ACQUISITION; ULTRA-WIDEBAND COMMUNICATION;

ALGORITHMS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; MULTIPLE ACCESS INTERFERENCE; RADIO INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; STANDARDS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 80054059659     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2011.2163400     Document Type: Article

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