Ultra Wideband Signals and Systems in Communication Engineering

Preface. Acknowledgments. List of Figures. List of Tables. Introduction. I.1 Ultra wideband overview. I.2 A note on terminology. I.3 Historical development of UWB. I.4 UWB regulation overview. I.5 Key benefits of UWB. I.6 UWB and Shannon's theory. I.7 Challenges for UWB. I.8 Summary. 1 Basic properties of UWB signals and systems. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Power spectral density. 1.3 Pulse shape. 1.4 Pulse trains. 1.5 Spectral masks. 1.6 Multipath. 1.7 Penetration characteristics. 1.8 Spatial and spectral capacities. 1.9 Speed of data transmission. 1.10 Cost. 1.11 Size. 1.12 Power consumption. 1.13 Summary. 2 Generation of UWB waveforms. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Gaussian waveforms. 2.3 Designing waveforms for specific…