Impulse radio multipath characteristics and diversity reception

• Published in: 1998 IEEE International Conference on Communications Vol. 3; pp. 1650 - 1654 vol.3
• Main Authors: Cramer, R.J.-M., Win, M.Z., Scholtz, R.A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 1998
• Subjects: Bandwidth; Clocks; Diversity reception; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Radio transmitters; Receiving antennas; Sensor arrays; Signal resolution; Space vector pulse width modulation

Delay-and-sum beamforming is applied to both ideal and measured ultra-wideband (UWB) signals. The results of propagation measurements are also used directly to estimate the performance of an UWB communication system and to characterize design tradeoffs.