CU4075 Ultra Wide Band Communications Syllabus:

CU4075 Ultra Wide Band Communications Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To give fundamental concepts related to Ultra wide band
 To understand the channel model and signal processing for UWB.
 To acquire knowledge about UWB antennas and regulations.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO UWB

History, Definition, FCC Mask, UWB features, Benefits and challenges, UWB Interference: IEEE 802.11.a Interference, Signal to Interference ratio calculation, Interference with other wireless services.

UNIT II UWB TECHNOLOGIES AND CHANNEL MODELS

Impulse Radio, Pulsed Multiband, Multiband OFDM, features : Complexity, Power Consumption, Security and achievable data rate. MIMO Multiband OFDM, Differential multiband OFDM, Performance characterization, Ultra Wide Band Wireless Channels Channel model: Impulse Response Modeling of UWB Wireless Channels, IEEE UWB channel model, Path loss, Delay profiles, Time and frequency modeling.

UNIT III UWB SIGNAL PROCESSING

Data Modulation schemes, UWB Multiple Access Modulation, BER, Rake Receiver, Transmit Reference (T-R) Technique, UWB Range- Data Rate Performance, UWB Channel Capacity, UWB Wireless Locationing: Position Locationing Methods, Time of Arrival Estimation, NLOS Location Error , Locationing with OFDM

UNIT IV UWB ANTENNAS

Antenna Requirements, Radiation Mechanism of the UWB Antennas, Types of Broad band antennas, Parameters, Analysis of UWB Antennas, Link Budget for UWB System. Design examples of broad band UWB antennas.

UNIT V UWB APPLICATIONS AND REGULATIONS

Ultra wideband receiver architecture, Wireless Ad hoc Networking, UWB Wireless Sensor, RFID, Consumer Electronics and Personal, Asset Location, Medical applications, UWB Regulation and standards in various countries , UWB Regulation in ITU, IEEE Standardization

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon completion the students will be able to
CO1: Understand the basic concepts of UWB ..
CO2: Understand the basic concepts of UWB technologies.
CO3: Assess the performance of UWB channels.
CO4: Apply the UWB signal processing
CO5: Design UWB antenna for various applications.

TOTAL:45 PERIODS

REFERENCES

1. Homayoun Nikookar and Ramjee Prasad, “Introduction to Ultra Wideband for Wireless Communications”1st Edition, Springer Science & Business Media B.V. 2010.
2. Thomas Kaiser, Feng Zheng “Ultra Wideband Systems with MIMO”, 1st Edition, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, New York, 2010.
3. W. Pam Siriwongpairat and K. J. Ray Liu, “Ultra-Wideband Communications Systems: Multiband OFDM approach” John Wiley and IEEE press, New York 2008.
4. Huseyin Arslan,Zhi Ning Chen,Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto “Ultra Wideband Wireless communication” Wiley-Interscience; 1st edition 2006.