A Multi-Band IR-UWB HDR Transceiver: Architecture and Indoor Channel Measurements

Mohamad Mroue (1) , Stéphane Paquelet (2) , Stéphane Mallégol (3)

1 IETR - Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique
2 Renesas Technology
3 Thales Research and Technology [Palaiseau]

This paper presents an architecture of a lowpower non-coherent multi-band IR-UWB transceiver. The proposed system was studied and a prototype was realized. Also, it concerns with the study of the performance and a future implementation of such a system based on energy detection. Channel measurements performed in both LOS and NLOS short-range communications in real indoor environment are provided. Finally, the performance of a communicating system based on energy detection and a data rate evaluation are given.

Keywords: UWB; Channel Capacity; Energy Detection; High Data Rate; Impulse Radio; Low-Power; Multi-Band; Non-Coherent; UWB.

Domains: Signal and Image processing; Signal and Image Processing

Mohamad Mroue, Stéphane Paquelet, Stéphane Mallégol. A Multi-Band IR-UWB HDR Transceiver: Architecture and Indoor Channel Measurements. IEEE ICCE 2010, Jan 2010, Las Vegas, United States. 2 p. ⟨hal-00464839⟩