TY  - JOUR
ID  - 1618600
T1  - A robust front-end architecture for low-power UWB radio transceivers
A1  - Barras, David
A1  - Ellinger, Frank
A1  - Jäckel, Heinz
A1  - Hirt, Walter
JA  - Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
Y1  - 2006
VL  - 54
IS  - 4
SP  - 1713
EP  - 1723
SN  - 0018-9480
M2  - doi: 10.1109/tmtt.2006.872075
KW  - additive white Gaussian noise channel
KW  - amplitude modulation
KW  - AWGN channels
KW  - binary-shift keying
KW  - bit error rate
KW  - carrierless amplitude modulation
KW  - demodulation
KW  - demodulation method
KW  - low power transceivers
KW  - low-power electronics
KW  - modulation scheme
KW  - phase shift keying
KW  - transceiver architecture
KW  - transceivers
KW  - ultra wideband communication UWB channel models
KW  - UWB radio technology
N2  - In this paper, we propose a transceiver architecture and a novel modulation scheme for ultra-wideband (UWB) radio technology. The modulation uses a combination of binary-shift keying and a carrierless amplitude modulation. A demodulation method is proposed and theoretically investigated. These techniques enable the implementation of low-power although robust and reliable UWB radio transceivers intended for short ranges (below 10 m) and medium bit rates (1-10 Mb/s). This paper addresses the theoretical bit error rate performance of a demodulator/detector for data transmission over an additive white Gaussian noise channel. Additional simulation results are given to assess the performance of the proposed solution in a dense multipath environment with the help of available UWB channel models.
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