Chapter 5. UWB Beamforming and Localization†

  1. Thomas Kaiser,
  2. Feng Zheng

Published Online: 17 MAR 2010

DOI: 10.1002/9780470740019.ch5

Book Title

Ultra Wideband Systems with MIMO

Ultra Wideband Systems with MIMO

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How to Cite

Kaiser, T. and Zheng, F. (2010) UWB Beamforming and Localization, in Ultra Wideband Systems with MIMO, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470740019.ch5

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  1. Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany

  1. †

    A part of Sections 5.1–5.5 of this chapter is reproduced with permission from [118]. Reproduced by permission of © IEEE 2009.

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 17 MAR 2010
  2. Published Print: 26 MAR 2010

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470712245

Online ISBN: 9780470740019

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Keywords:

  • UWB beamforming and localization;
  • beamforming for UWB impulse signals-special properties different from narrowband beamformers;
  • ideal UWB impulse beamforming system;
  • beamformer output, function of time and spatial angle;
  • main lobe beamwidth of UWB beamformers;
  • schematic diagram for DoA estimation using UWB beamformer;
  • UWB localization;
  • BeamLoc approach-transmitter (tag) and receiver (sensor) equipped with UWB beamformers;
  • NLOS issue-localization problem for narrowband wireless systems;
  • first-path detection algorithms-accurate estimation of ToA

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Ideal UWB Impulse Beamforming

  • The Main Lobe Beamwidth of UWB Beamformers

  • Optimal Beamforming

  • Various Aspects of UWB Beamformers

  • UWB Localization

  • NLOS Issue

  • Multipath Issue

  • Summary

  • Appendix 5.A Distribution of Ranging Noise

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