Improving the range of ultrawideband transmission using RAKE receivers

Author

Gaur, S. ; Annamalai, A.

Author_Institution

Mobile & Portable Radio Res. Group, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

597

Abstract

Ultrawideband (UWB) shows great promise for higher-speed and secure radio transmissions, particularly for short and medium range wireless networking. However, the power spectrum density mask limitation set by the Federal Communications Commission imposes a limitation on the range for achieving high data rates. The article investigates the possibility of increasing the range of UWB transmissions using RAKE receivers (instead of a matched filter correlator receiver). A trade-off study between receiver complexity and required throughput performance at a specified coverage range is presented, taking account of multipath fading effects.

Keywords

broadband networks; data communication; diversity reception; fading channels; multipath channels; radio networks; radio receivers; FCC; Federal Communications Commission; RAKE receivers; complexity; diversity reception; high-speed radio transmissions; matched filter correlator receiver; medium range wireless networking; multipath channels; multipath fading channels; power spectrum density mask limitation; secure radio transmission; short range wireless networking; throughput; ultrawideband transmission; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Diversity reception; Energy capture; FCC; Fading; Multipath channels; RAKE receivers; Ultra wideband communication; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003. VTC 2003-Fall. 2003 IEEE 58th

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7954-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2003.1285087

Filename

1285087