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Ultra Wideband Signals and Systems in Communication Engineering

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ISBN-10: 0470027630

ISBN-13: 9780470027639

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: M. Ghavami, Lachlan Michael, Ryuji Kohno

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This is a thorough update of the first edition, featuring new standards, developments and applications. It will address not only recent developments in UWB communication systems, but also related IEEE standards such as IEEE 802.15 wireless personal area network (WPAN) and many new topics.
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Book details

List price: $119.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/27/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 6.89" wide x 9.92" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Ultra wideband overview
A note on terminology
Historical development of UWB
UWB regulation overview
Basic definitions and rules
Key benefits of UWB
UWB and Shannon''s theory
Challenges for UWB
Summary
Basic properties of UWB signals and systems
Introduction
Power spectral density
Pulse shape
Pulse trains
Spectral masks
Multipath
Penetration characteristics
Spatial and spectral capacities
Speed of data transmission
Cost
Size
Power consumption
Summary
Generation of UWB waveforms
Introduction
Damped sine waves
Gaussian waveforms
Designing waveforms for specific spectral masks
Introduction
Multiband modulation
Practical constraints and effects of imperfections
Summary
Signal-processing techniques for UWB systems
The effects of a lossy medium on a UWB transmitted signal
Time domain analysis
Classification of signals
Some useful functions
Some useful operations
Classification of systems
Impulse response
Distortionless transmission
Frequency domain techniques
Fourier transforms
Frequency response approaches
Transfer function
Laplace transform
z-transform
The relationship between the Laplace transform, the Fourier transform, and the z-transform
UWB signal-processing issues and algorithms
Detection and amplification
Summary
UWB channel modeling
A simplified UWB multipath channel model
Number of resolvable multipath components
Multipath delay spread
Multipath intensity profile
Multipath amplitude-fading distribution
Multipath arrival times
Path loss model
Free space loss
Refraction
Reflection
Diffraction
Wave clutter
Aperture-medium coupling loss
Absorption
Example of free space path loss model
Two-ray UWB propagation model
Two-ray path loss
Two-ray path loss model
Impact of path loss frequency selectivity on UWB transmission
Frequency domain autoregressive model
Poles of the AR model
IEEE proposals for UWB channel models
An analytical description of the IEEE UWB indoor channel model
Summary
UWB communications
Introduction
UWB modulation methods
PPM
BPM
Other modulation methods
OPM
PAM
OOK
Summary of UWB modulation methods
Pulse trains
Gaussian pulse train
PN channel coding
Time-hopping PPM UWB system
UWB transmitter
UWB receiver
Detection
Pulse integration
Tracking
Rake receivers
Multiple access techniques in UWB
Frequency division multiple access UWB
Time division multiple access
Code division multiple access
Orthogonal pulse multiple access system
Capacity of UWB systems
Comparison of UWB with other wideband communication systems
CDMA
Comparison of UWB with DSSS and FHSS
OFDM
Interference and coexistence of UWB with other systems
WLANs
Bluetooth
GPS
Cellular systems
Wi-Max
The effect of narrowband interference on UWB systems
Summary
Advanced UWB pulse generation
Hermite pulses
Hermite polynomials
Orthogonal modified Hermite pulses
Modulated and modified Hermite pulses
Orthogonal prolate spheroidal wave functions
Introduction
Fundamentals of PSWFs
PSWF pulse generator
Wavelet packets in UWB PSM
PSM system model
Receiver structure
Summary
UWB antennas and arrays
Antenna fundamentals
Maxwell''s equations for free space
Wavelength
Antenna duality
Impedance matching
Voltage standing wave ratio and reflected power
Antenna bandwidth
Directivity and gain
Antenna field regions
Antenna di