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IR-UWB Detection and Fusion Strategies using Multiple Detector Types
Optimal detection of ultra wideband (UWB) pulses in a UWB transceiver
employing multiple detector types is proposed and analyzed in this paper. We
propose several fusion techniques for fusing decisions made by individual
IR-UWB detectors. We assess the performance of these fusion techniques for
commonly used detector types like matched filter, energy detector and amplitude
detector. In order to perform this, we derive the detection performance
equation for each of the detectors in terms of false alarm rate, shape of the
pulse and number of UWB pulses used in the detection and apply these in the
fusion algorithms. We show that the performance can be improved approximately
by 4 dB in terms of signal to noise ratio (SNR) for perfect detectability of a
UWB signal in a practical scenario by fusing the decisions from individual
detectors.Comment: Accepted for publishing in IEEE WCNC 201
Ultra wideband: applications, technology and future perspectives
Ultra Wide Band (UWB) wireless communications offers a radically different approach to wireless communication compared to conventional narrow band systems. Global interest in the technology is huge. This paper reports on the state of the art of UWB wireless technology and highlights key application areas, technological challenges, higher layer protocol issues, spectrum operating zones and future drivers. The majority of the discussion focuses on the state of the art of UWB technology as it is today and in the near future
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Implementation of spectrum sensing techniques for cognitive radio systems
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This work presents a method for real-time detection of secondary users at the cognitive wireless technologies base stations. Cognitive radios may hide themselves in between the primary users to avoid being charged for spectrum usage. To deal with such scenarios, a cyclostationary Fast Fourier Transform accumulation method (FAM) has been used to develop a new strategy for recognising channel users under perfect and different noise environment conditions. Channel users are tracked according to the changes in their signal parameters, such as modulation techniques. MATLAB® Simulation tool was used to run various modulation signals on channels, and the obtained spectral correlation density function shows successful recognition between secondary and primary signals. We are unaware of previous efforts to use the FAM characteristics or other detection methods to make a distinction between channel users as presented in this thesis. A novel combination of both cognitive radio technology and ultra wideband technology is interdicted in this thesis, looking for an efficient and reliable spectrum sensing method to detect the presence of primary transmitters, and a number of spectrum-sensing techniques implemented in ultra wideband and cognitive radio component (UWB-CR) under different AWGN and fading settings environments. The sensing performance of different detectors is compared in conditions of probability of detection and miss detection curves. Simulation results show that the selection of detectors rely on the different fading scenarios, detector requirements and on a priori knowledge. Furthermore, result showed that the matched filter detection method is suitable for detecting signals through UWB-CR system under various fading channels. A general observation is that the matched filter detector outperforms the other detectors in all scenarios by an average of SNR=-20 dB in the level of probability of detection (Pd) , and the energy detector slightly outperforms the cyclostationary detector, in the level Pd at SNR=-20 dB. Furthermore, the thesis adapts novel detection models of cooperative and cluster cooperative wideband spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks. In the proposed schemes, wavelet-based multi-resolution spectrum sensing and a proposed approach scheme are utilized for improving sensing performance of both models. On the other hand, cluster based cooperative spectrum sensing with soft combination Equal Gain Combination (EGC) scheme is proposed. The proposed detection models could achieve improvement of transmitter signal detection in terms of higher probability of detection and lower probability of false alarm. In the cooperative wideband spectrum sensing model, using traditional fusion rule, existing worst performance of false alarms by measurement is 78% of the sensing bands at an average SNR=5 dB; this compares with the proposed model, which is by measurement 19% false alarms of scanning spectrum at the same SNR for cluster cooperative wideband spectrum sensing. The proposed combining methods shows improvements of results with a high probability of detection (Pd) and low probability of false alarm (Pf) at an average SNR=-16 dB compared with other traditional fusion methods; this is illustrated through numerical results
Performance analysis of ultra wide band indoor channel
This thesis report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, 2008.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis report.Includes bibliographical references (page 41).Research on wireless communication system has been pursued for many
years, but there is a renewed interest in ultra-wideband (UWB) technology for
communication within short range, because of its huge bandwidth and low
radiated power level. This emerging technology provides extremely high data
rate in short ranges but in more secured approach. In order to build systems
that realize all the potential of UWB, it is first required to understand UWB
propagation and the channel properties arise from the propagation. In this
research, the properties of UWB channel for indoor industrial environment
was evaluated. A few indoor channel models have been studied so far for
different environments but not for indoor industrial environment and various
data rates are obtained according to wireless channel environments.
Therefore, an accurate channel model is required to determine the maximum
achievable data rate. In this thesis, we have proposed a channel model for
indoor industrial environment considering the scattering coefficient along with
the other multipath gain coefficient. This thesis addresses scattering effect
while modeling UWB channel. Here, the performance of UWB channel model
is analyzed following the parameters, such as power delay profile and the
temporal dispersion properties which are also investigated in this paper.Kazi Afrina YasmeenA. K. M. WahiduzzamanMD. Ahamed ImtiazB. Computer Science and Engineerin
Program of the 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems, Omaha, Nebraska, 28-30 September 2009
10 sessions; 2 poster sessions. Schedule and Table of Contents
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