Research Article
BER Performance Analysis of MRC Receive Diversity with Optimal and Rectangular Templates in UWB Off-Body Wireless Body Area Networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253606, author={Mohamad Abou El-Nasr and Heba Shaban}, title={BER Performance Analysis of MRC Receive Diversity with Optimal and Rectangular Templates in UWB Off-Body Wireless Body Area Networks}, proceedings={8th International Conference on Body Area Networks}, publisher={ICST}, proceedings_a={BODYNETS}, year={2013}, month={10}, keywords={performance analysis maximal-ratio-combining (mrc) rake re- ceivers ultra-wideband (uwb) wireless body area networks (wbans)}, doi={10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253606} }- Mohamad Abou El-Nasr
Heba Shaban
Year: 2013
BER Performance Analysis of MRC Receive Diversity with Optimal and Rectangular Templates in UWB Off-Body Wireless Body Area Networks
BODYNETS
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253606
Abstract
Short range communications through wireless body area networks (WBANs) is evolving. In particular, in the on-body surface to off- body access node channel model (CM) namely, CM#4 of the IEEE 802.15.6a ultra wideband (UWB) WBAN, the characteristics of the channel are affected by the direction of body rotation. In this paper we investigate the bit-error-rate (BER) performance of correlator receivers with maximal-ratio-combining (MRC) receive diversity in WBAN CM#4 channel. We consider optimal and low-power rectangular template-based receiver alternatives assuming equally probable pulse position modulation (EC-PPM) scheme. We provide closed forms for the BER performance as well as numerical results based on Mote Carlo simulations.