通信工程-毕业设计-外文文献翻译：超宽带系统的数据通信.doc

PAGE 11 英文资料 Ultra-Wideband Systems for Data Communications G. Racherla, J.L. Ellis, D.S. Furuno, S.C. Lin General Atomics, Advanced Wireless Group 10240 Flanders Ct. San Diego CA 92121 Websit ABSTRACT Ultra-Widebandt (UWB) is a radio transmission scheme that uses extremely low power pulses of radio energy spread across a wide spectrum of frequencies. UWB has several advantages over conventional continuous wave radio communications including potential support for high data rates, robustness to multipath interference and fading. We present an overview of UWB technology and its use in data communications and networking. We look at design considerations for UWB based networks at various layers of the protocol stack. INTRODUCTION Ultra-Wideband [1-6]一also known as baseband or impulse radio一is a carrier-free radio transmission that uses narrow, extremely low power pulses of radio energy spread across a wide spectrum of frequencies. UWB has recently gained a great deal of interest due to the recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Report and Order which allocates the UWB band一7.5 GHz of unlicensed spectrum for indoor and outdoor communication applications. UWB communications are required to have a -10 dB fractional bandwidth of more than 20% or a -10 dB bandwidth of more than 500 MHz [7]. It is important to note that the FCC has not defined a specific modulation scheme to be used. UWB systems offer the promise of high data rate, low susceptibility to multipath fading, high transmission security low prime power requirements, low cost, and simple design [1,2,5,6].UWB has been used in military applications for the past several years for ground-penetrating precision radar applications and secure communications [3,8]. For the past few years, UWB has been developed for commercial applications [1,2,5,6]. With the recent FCC [7] report and order for the use of UWB technology, there has been an added impetus to this endeavor. Other notable UWB applications include