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UWB Multiple Access Communication System

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Recently, the emerging Ultra-Wideband (UWB) impulse technology has found numerous applications in the civil as well as the military sectors. In this paper, an UWB multi-user communication system is studied. In a previous work, two systems (DS–CDMA–UWB and Gegenbauer–UWB) were compared in a rather simple case: only two users were considered, and a perfect synchronization between each receiver and transmitter for the two users was assumed. In the present paper, a more general case is studied. Different synchronous (different users detected at the same time or with constant delays) and asynchronous (each user transmitting independantly of other) scenarios are introduced. The interferences between users are also taken into account (for two users and more). Two systems are described and analyzed and their performance in terms of Bit Error Rate (BER), synchronization errors and users interference is studied by simulation. The first system, which is only based on orthogonal UWB waveforms called Modified Gegenbauer functions (MGF), gives a satisfactory multi-user detection in the synchronous case only. The second one uses an hybrid coding technique: an UWB orthogonal coding is associated to a spread spectrum DS–CDMA (Direct Sequence Code Division Multiple Access) technique (in fact a combination of the two systems sudied in the previous work). This allows an efficient multi-user detection in the asynchronous case.

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Abbreviations

UWB:

Ultra wide band

FCC:

Federal communication commission

GPS:

Global positioning system

MB-OFDM:

Multi band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing

DS–CDMA:

Direct sequence code division multiple access

MGF:

Modified Gegenbauer function

BER:

Bit error rate

AWGN:

Additive white Gaussian noise

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  1. Univ Lille Nord de France, 59000, Lille, France

    F. Elbahhar, A. Rivenq, J. M. Rouvaen & M. Heddebaut

  2. INRETS/LEOST, 59650, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

    F. Elbahhar & M. Heddebaut

  3. IEMN DOAE (UMR 8520 CNRS) Department of OAE, University of Valenciennes, UVHC, 59313, Valenciennes Cedex, France

    A. Rivenq & J. M. Rouvaen

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Elbahhar, F., Rivenq, A., Rouvaen, J.M. et al. UWB Multiple Access Communication System. Wireless Pers Commun 56, 333–352 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-009-9835-8

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