Performance of multi-band OFDM UWB system with multiple receive antennas

Author

Seyedi, Alireza ; Gaddam, Vasanth ; Birru, Dagnachew

Author_Institution

Philips Res. North America

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

3-6 April 2006

Firstpage

792

Lastpage

797

Abstract

Performance of a multi-band OFDM UWB system employing two receive antennas is studied. Different antenna selection and combining methods, such as simple antenna selection, antenna selection per sub-carrier, equal gain combining and maximal ratio combining are considered. The packet error rate (PER) and the operating range of such systems is obtained using detailed realistic full-system Monte Carlo simulations, and are compared to those of a single antenna system. Simulation results show that the dual receive antenna systems provide significant gains for the higher data rate modes and moderate gains for the lower data rate modes of the multi-band OFDM UWB system

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; OFDM modulation; antenna arrays; receiving antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; Monte Carlo simulations; antenna selection; equal gain combining; maximal ratio combining; multiband OFDM UWB system; multiple receive antennas; packet error rate; Defense industry; Diversity reception; North America; OFDM; Physical layer; Radio transmitters; Receiving antennas; Time domain analysis; Time frequency analysis; Ultra wideband antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2006. WCNC 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0269-7

Electronic_ISBN

1525-3511

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2006.1683571

Filename

1683571