Ultra wideband (UWB) technology based primarily on the impulse radio paradigm has a huge potential for revolutionizing the world of digital communications especially wireless communications. UWB provides the integrated capabilities of data communications, advanced radar and precision tracking, location, imperceptibility and low power operation. It is therefore ideally suited for the development...

This paper investigates the impact of chip duty factor (DF) in DS-UWB system with Rake receiver over AWGN and UWB indoor multipath environment corresponding to system parameters such as spreading bandwidth and chip length. Manipulating DF in DS-UWB system offers several advantages over multipath channel and thus, capable of improving system performance for better quality of communication. Altho...

The radio access technologies also presents the Coexistence issues between UWB and WiMAX systems at 3.5GHz frequency band which has been recently attained more attention. For investigating the potential interference of ultra-wideband (UWB) on a WiMAX system, an analysis method based on the physical layer modeling is presented. Multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplex (MB-OFDM) UWB and...

This paper presents the performance of single band impulse radio systems, TH-UWB and DS-UWB, multiband impulse radio systems, MB-UWB, and multiband OFDM systems on the IEEE 802.15 UWB channel models CM1–CM4. The investigated impulse radio systems use approximately the spectrum 3–6 GHz and have a data rate around 100 Mbps. The DS-UWB system with a fractionally spaced Rake receiver with 10 finger...

We have considered multiuser communication scenario with ultra wideband (UWB) communication. UWB device is transmitting the data by time hopping (TH)-based system, TH-PPM, TH-PAM and DS-UWB. The UWB device is transmitting data over multipath rich channel model recommended by IEEE 802.15.3a working group. This channel model is based on Saleh-Valenzuela model. For better performance at receiver s...

The emerging cognitive radio system can sense and adapt to the wireless environment in which it operates. Cognitive radio with intelligent capabilities of both radio link and network layers is capable of transmitting in an optimized way across the available signal dimensions allowing a potential huge increase in the prospects for spectrum efficiency, co-existence, compatibility and interoperabi...

Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology is based on very short pulses of radio energy. In theory, its wide signal bandwidth yields excellent multipath immunity. Hence, UWB has been used in a variety of applications, including communication and ranging, and is expected to see increased use in the future. Since signals from GPS satellites have very low power levels (-130 dBm or -160 dBW) near the surfac...

Ultra wideband (UWB) wireless communication has been the subject of extensive research in recent years due to its potential applications and unique capabilities. However, many important aspects of UWB-based communication systems have not yet been thoroughly examined. The area of narrow band communication is well developed. The objective of this paper is to present Ultra Wideband (UWB) communica...

One of the potential benefits of the UWB radio is its multipath resolution. The implications are multipath components which might not be resolved as distinct arrivals in more narrowband systems, may be separately identified in UWB systems. This paper explores some of the propagation characteristics associated with UWB signals, based on measured data.

The application of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology to low-cost short-range communications presents unique challenges to the communications engineer. The impact of the US FCC’s regulations and the characteristics of the low-power UWB propagation channels are explored, and their effects on UWB hardware design are illustrated. This tutorial introduction includes references to more detailed explora...