Multipath Behavior of FM-UWB Signals

Author

Gerrits, John F M ; Farserotu, John R. ; Long, John R.

Author_Institution

Centre Suise d´´Electron. et de Microtech. S.A., Neuchatel

fYear

2007

fDate

24-26 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

162

Lastpage

167

Abstract

This paper analyzes the multipath behavior of FM-UWB signals and more particularly the effect of frequency selective fading upon the sub-carrier signal level in the FM-UWB receiver. The performance with CM1-CM4 channels is investigated and illustrated with MATLAB simulation results. Good and bad propagation channels for FM-UWB communication systems are identified. The effect of frequency selective fading is mainly determined by the channel transfer at the edges of the FM-UWB signal´s bandwidth. It is shown that multipath is beneficial for the FM-UWB receiver performance.

Keywords

fading channels; frequency modulation; mathematics computing; multipath channels; radio receivers; ultra wideband communication; CM1-CM4 channels; FM-UWB communication systems; MATLAB simulation; frequency selective fading; multipath behavior; signal receiver; Bandwidth; Delay; Digital modulation; Fading; Frequency modulation; Frequency shift keying; Narrowband; Oscillators; Radio frequency; Transmitters; FM; FM-UWB; Multipath; UWB;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra-Wideband, 2007. ICUWB 2007. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0521-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0521-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUWB.2007.4380934

Filename

4380934