Performance Analysis of Multiband OFDM UWB Communications With Application to Range Improvement

Author

Zou, Qiyue ; Tarighat, Alireza ; Sayed, Ali H.

Author_Institution

Univ. of California, Los Angeles

Volume

56

Issue

6

fYear

2007

Firstpage

3864

Lastpage

3878

Abstract

Ultrawideband (UWB) radio is a promising solution for high-rate wireless communications over short ranges. In this paper, the performance of multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) UWB systems is analyzed using the Saleh-Valenzuela channel model in terms of the packet error rate and the transmission range for indoor environments. The performance improvements resulting from the use of linear precoding and multiple antenna techniques are also analyzed and compared. It is shown both by theory and computer simulations that the two methods can effectively enlarge the transmission range of UWB devices.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; error statistics; packet radio networks; ultra wideband communication; Saleh-Valenzuela channel model; UWB devices; bit error rate; high-rate wireless communications; indoor environments; linear precoding; multiband OFDM UWB communications; multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing UWB systems; multiple antenna techniques; packet error rate; range improvement; transmission range; ultrawideband radio; Bit error rate (BER); Saleh–Valenzuela (S–V) channel model; Saleh-Valenzuela (S-V) channel model; linear precoding; multiple antennas; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM); packet error rate (PER); performance analysis; range improvement; ultra-wideband (UWB); ultrawideband (UWB);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TVT.2007.901957

Filename

4357055