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On an OFDM-UWB System with Two-Tap Adaptive Linear LMS Equalization
Proc. of 2005 Global Mobile Congress (GMC'05) (2005)
  • Robert H Morelos-Zaragoza
Abstract
Frequency-domain equalization in an OFDM-UWB system for short-range indoor wireless communications is discussed. This system uses a 128-point fast Fourier transform (FFT) pair at the transmitter and receiver. While the conventional approach is to use a bank of one-tap equalizers, it is known that the output signal constellation exhibits residual intersymbol interference (ISI). To minimize this residual ISI, a bank of two-tap adaptive linear least-mean square (LMS) equalizers is proposed. Simulation results show that an average 1 dB improvement in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is achieved. In some cases, up to 2 dB of improvement can be gain through the use of a two-tap equalizaer. It is also shown that the performance of an OFDM-UWB system may degrade under relatively mild multipath conditions, due to the presence of deep nulls in the average spectral characteristics of the channel.
Publication Date
Fall October 14, 2005
Citation Information
Robert H Morelos-Zaragoza. "On an OFDM-UWB System with Two-Tap Adaptive Linear LMS Equalization" Proc. of 2005 Global Mobile Congress (GMC'05) (2005)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert_morelos-zaragoza/54/