Blind signal reception in downlink time-hopping ultrawideband communication system

• Published in: European transactions on telecommunications 2008-01, Vol.19 (1), p.77-84
• Main Author: Wu, Wei-Chiang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Access methods and protocols, osi model; Applied sciences; Detection, estimation, filtering, equalization, prediction; Equipments and installations; Exact sciences and technology; Information, signal and communications theory; Mobile radiocommunication systems; Radiocommunications; Signal and communications theory; Signal, noise; Systems, networks and services of telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; Teleprocessing networks. Isdn; Transmission and modulation (techniques and equipments)
• ISSN: 1124-318X; 1541-8251
• DOI: 10.1002/ett.1174

Ultra wideband (UWB) impulse radio (IR) system is currently being considered for several applications due to its attractive features that include low‐power carrierless modulation and ample multipath diversity. Among the various modulation and multiple‐access schemes, this paper deals with time‐hopping (TH) antipodal pulse amplitude modulation (PAM), operating in the presence of multipath‐fading downlink channel. We develop two types of low‐complexity mobile station (MS) receivers. One is based on the RAKE reception scheme and the other is designed to meet the minimum‐output‐energy (MOE) criterion. However, since accurate channel information is crucial for reliable operation, thereby we propose a blind (non‐data aided) channel estimator. Simulation results show that the MOE receiver outperforms the RAKE receiver in multiuser environment. Moreover, both the channel estimation algorithm and the MOE reception schemes are shown to be reliable and near‐far resistant. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.