Multipath acquisition for RAKE reception in DS packet-radio systems

Author

Garrett, Albert L. ; Noneaker, Daniel L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Clemson Univ., SC, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 Oct 1998

Firstpage

837

Abstract

This paper examines the design of an acquisition algorithm for a direct-sequence packet-radio communication system. The acquisition algorithm is designed to acquire several multipath components, if available, that are exploited in a RAKE receiver. The focus of the paper is the selection of parameters for the algorithm, and the impact of those choices on the performance of the system in multipath channels

Keywords

Gaussian channels; Rayleigh channels; access protocols; code division multiple access; military communication; multipath channels; packet radio networks; radio receivers; radio reception; spread spectrum communication; DS packet-radio systems; GWSSUS channel; Gaussian widesense-stationary uncorrelated-scattering; RAKE receiver; RAKE reception; Rayleigh fading; acquisition algorithm; algorithm parameters; direct-sequence packet-radio communication system; multipath acquisition; multipath fading channels; slotted channel-access protocol; system performance; tactical packet-radio networks; Algorithm design and analysis; Buildings; Delay; Fading; Multipath channels; Payloads; Rayleigh channels; Spread spectrum communication; Statistical analysis; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1998. MILCOM 98. Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4506-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1998.726941

Filename

726941