A new UWB indoor channel identification method

Lorenzo Mucch; Patrizio Marcocci

2nd International ICST Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications

Research Article

A new UWB indoor channel identification method

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CROWNCOM.2007.4549772,
    author={Lorenzo Mucch and Patrizio Marcocci},
    title={A new UWB indoor channel identification method},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={CROWNCOM},
    year={2008},
    month={6},
    keywords={Amplitude estimation  Fading  Indoor environments  Multipath channels  Parameter estimation  Proposals  RAKE receivers  Signal processing  Ultra wideband technology  Wireless communication},
    doi={10.1109/CROWNCOM.2007.4549772}
}

Lorenzo Mucch
Patrizio Marcocci
Year: 2008
A new UWB indoor channel identification method
CROWNCOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CROWNCOM.2007.4549772

Lorenzo Mucch¹^,*, Patrizio Marcocci²

1: CNIT - Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Florence Via santa marta, 3 I-50139, Florence, Italy
2: CNIT - Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Florence Via santa marta, 3 1-50139, Florence, Italy

*Contact email: mucchi@lenst.det.unifi.it

Abstract

This paper deals with the proposal of a new parameter for channel identification in ultra wideband (UWB) indoor environments. The proposed method does not imply any estimation process to the received signal and it is able to clearly distinguish not only between LOS and NLOS conditions, but it is also able to order the quality of two different LOS or NLOS conditions, although the SNR is the same. The method proposed here is based on the kurtosis index calculation. Results were obtained by both real measurements and simulations with IEEE802.15.3a channel models.

Keywords: Amplitude estimation Fading Indoor environments Multipath channels Parameter estimation Proposals RAKE receivers Signal processing Ultra wideband technology Wireless communication

Published: 2008-06-24
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2011-07-31

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CROWNCOM.2007.4549772