Weighted high data rate ultra wideband transmitted-reference system in dense multipath fading channels

A novel weighted high data rate single-user ultra-wideband transmitted-reference (UWB-TR) system is proposed and its performance in log-normal slow fading channels is investigated, which has not been addressed before. This system employs a novel signalling scheme, which provides a nearly inter-symbol interference (ISI) free-channel response at the receiver and eliminates the need for equalisation. It also enhances the reference pulse quality by employing optimum power allocation. The performance of the proposed system is compared with that of the differential transmitted-reference (DTR) system in IEEE 802.15.3a Channel Model 1 (CM1) both analytically and via simulations by taking into account noise, log-normal slow fading, inter-path/pulse interference (IPI) and ISI. Both analytical and simulation results show that our system significantly outperforms the DTR one. It is shown that the proposed method is robust against small changes in both weighting coefficients and integration interval, whereas the UWB-DTR scheme is too susceptible to such changes in the integration interval.

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