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A Sliding Correlator Channel Sounder for Ultra-Wideband Measurements

This body of work forms a detailed and comprehensive guide for those interested in performing broadband wireless channel measurements. Discussion addresses the theoretical and practical aspects of designing and implementing a sliding correlator channel sounder, as well as how such a system may be used to measure and model the ultra-wideband wireless channel. The specific contributions of this work are as follows:

Developed a systematic methodology for designing optimal sliding correlator-based channel sounders.

Constructed a UWB channel sounder based upon a 17-bit LFSR that attained 1.66 ns of temporal resolution and 34 dB of dynamic range.

Performed an exemplary measurement campaign of the UWB channel from which UWB angular spreads and RMS delay spreads are reported.

The design procedure developed in Chapter 3 will allow researchers to build optimal channel sounders for investigating next-generation wireless channels. Chapter 4 s discussion addresses the real-world challenges of constructing a high performance sliding correlator channel sounder. Finally, the measurement campaign discussed in Chapter 5 outlines a procedure for investigating the spatio-temporal characteristics of the wireless channel and provides some of the first examples of UWB angular spread measurements.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:GATECH/oai:smartech.gatech.edu:1853/16261
Date29 June 2007
CreatorsPirkl, Ryan Jesse
PublisherGeorgia Institute of Technology
Source SetsGeorgia Tech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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