Antenna and Propagation Effects in UWB Communication - a whole systems view

UWB communication link performance prediction depends heavily on the propagation channel including antenna performance, due principally to the dispersive nature of these effects causing time dilation of the pulse (late arrival multipath) and differential angular dispersion. By the use of a full propagation model, these effects have been studied for specific environments. The importance on the antenna on achievable bit rate in both single and multi-user systems is noted.