• DocumentCode
    1834296
  • Title

    Development of a low-IF receiver and a fixed wireless utility network

  • Author

    Thumaty, S. ; Pham, A. ; van Wyk, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Clemson Univ., SC, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2-7 June 2002
  • Firstpage
    935
  • Abstract
    We present the design and development of a low-IF receiver and a fixed wireless utility network. This receiver is designed to achieve a dynamic range of 80 dB, a sensitivity of -105 dBm and a noise figure of 5 dB for a narrow band spread spectrum modulation scheme at 900 MHz. We demonstrate the feasibility of the low-IF receiver for low-cost implementation that alleviates the issue of 60 Hz power line in wireless electricity meter networks.
  • Keywords
    automatic meter reading; electricity supply industry; radio networks; radiotelemetry; spread spectrum communication; 5 dB; 60 Hz; 900 MHz; dynamic range; fixed wireless utility network; low-IF receiver; low-cost implementation; narrow band spread spectrum modulation scheme; noise figure; power line; sensitivity; wireless electricity meter networks; Dynamic range; Image converters; Local area networks; Mixers; Narrowband; Radio frequency; Spread spectrum communication; Transceivers; Watthour meters; Wide area networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 2002 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7239-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2002.1011783
  • Filename
    1011783