Novel Trellis Coded Modulation for coherent IEEE 802.15.4a Impulse-Radio Ultra-Wideband communications

The paper proposes a novel Trellis Coded Modulation (TCM) scheme for coherent Impulse-Radio Ultra-Wideband (IR-UWB) IEEE 802.15.4a communications that, in comparison with the current IEEE 802.15.4a IR-UWB communications scheme, is able to reduce energy per bit consumed in the receiver two times with approximately 2 dB performance loss. Furthermore, changed in the IEEE 802.15.4a coherent IR-UWB radio required to implement proposed TCM are minimal. Downside is that the proposed TCM scheme cannot be detected by non-coherent receivers. Discussion starts by looking at the current IEEE 802.15.4a IR-UWB coding and modulation scheme as a rudimentary TCM. After that, a transition is made through the TCM framework from the current IEEE 802.15.4a IR-UWB coding and modulation scheme to the proposed one.