• DocumentCode
    1100586
  • Title

    Ranging in a Single-Input Multiple-Output (SIMO) System

  • Author

    Gezici, Sinan ; Sahinoglu, Zafer

  • Author_Institution
    Bilkent Univ., Ankara
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    3/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    197
  • Lastpage
    199
  • Abstract
    In this letter, optimal ranging in a single-input multiple-output (SIMO) system is studied. The theoretical limits on the accuracy of time-of-arrival (TOA) (equivalently, range) estimation are calculated in terms of the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB). Unlike the conventional phased array antenna structure, a more generic fading model is employed, which allows for the analysis of spatial diversity gains from the viewpoint of a ranging system. In addition to the optimal solution, a two-step suboptimal range estimator is proposed, and its performance is compared with the CRLBs.
  • Keywords
    MIMO communication; antenna phased arrays; fading channels; time-of-arrival estimation; Cramer-Rao lower bound; SIMO system; generic fading model; phased array antenna; single-input multiple-output system; spatial diversity; time-of-arrival estimation; Antenna arrays; Baseband; Fading; MIMO; Maximum likelihood estimation; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Receiving antennas; Signal processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2008.071691
  • Filename
    4471960