Title :
Evaluation of MB OFDM UWB for high data rate applications
Author :
Magani, M. ; Lu Guo ; Xiaodong Chen ; Alfadhl, Yasir ; Alomainy, Akram
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Univ. of London, London, UK
Abstract :
This paper aims to evaluate the performance of WiMedia Multiband Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Ultra Wideband (MB OFDM UWB) scheme in a realistic office environment. Due to its wide bandwidth, MB OFDM UWB has the potential of replacing other wireless technologies within the Personal Area Networks (PANs), but for various reasons, this potential seems not have been realised. The packet error rates (PER) were obtained over different parameters such as signal to noise ratio (SNR), distance, data rate and Payload. The PER were evaluated in consideration of the acceptable PER performance of wireless system, which is 8%. The results show that only low data rates could be used effectively over distances above 3m whereas higher data rates could be achieved over very short distances. Factors affecting the MB OFDM UWB includes frequency selective fading, power constraint and different regional UWB regulations.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; multimedia communication; packet radio networks; personal area networks; ultra wideband communication; MB OFDM UWB; WiMedia multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing ultra wideband scheme; frequency selective fading; high data rate applications; packet error rates; payload; personal area networks; power constraint; realistic office environment; regional UWB regulations; signal to noise ratio; wide bandwidth; wireless system; wireless technologies; Error analysis; OFDM; Payloads; Signal to noise ratio; Throughput; Universal Serial Bus; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2218-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2219-5
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2012.6403076
