Ultra-wideband Positioning Systems: Theoretical Limits, Ranging
Ultra-wideband Positioning Systems: Theoretical Limits, Ranging Algorithms, and Protocols
Position estimation of wireless devices has many applications in short-range networks. Ultra-wideband (UWB) signals provide accurate positioning capabilities that can be harnessed in wireless systems to realize these applications. This title provides detailed coverage of UWB positioning systems, offering comprehensive treatment of signal and receiver design for ranging, range estimation techniques, theoretical performance bounds, ranging algorithms and protocols. Beginning with a discussion of the potential applications of wireless positioning, and investigating UWB signals for such applications, later chapters establish a signal processing framework for analyzing UWB positioning and ranging systems. The recent IEEE 802.15.4a standard relat
RF Measurements for Cellular Phones and Wireless Data Systems
The only source for practical, real-world information on RF measurements for cellular phones and wireless data systemsIt is predicted that by the year 2010, all digital wireless communications equipment—including cellular, PCS, and 3G phones; wireless LANs; GPS navigation systems; and DBS TV—will have data transfer capabilities of over 1 Mbps. Now, as this significant turning point quickly approaches, this book presents everything industry professionals need to know about the Radio Frequency (RF) measurements and tests that must be made on this new generation of digital wireless communications equipment.Presenting just enough theory as is absolutely required for comprehension, RF Measurements for Cellular Phones and Wireless Data System
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MIT_CTO
March 17, 2012Outstanding book,
I am the CTO of an organization specializing in electromagnetism, EMI / EMC, filter design, and power electronics. I purchased this book to ramp up one of our design teams on a large, recently initiated RF design project. This book provides an excellent introduction to the both the theoretical and practical aspects of radio-frequency design and testing. All of the subjects are presented clearly and concisely. I have recommended the book to our top-engineers and plan to buy multiple copies. I own 60-100 reference texts covering a wide array of electrical and mechanical engineering subjects, including several on radio frequency design: this is one of the best reference texts, on any subject, that I have read.
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|W Boudville
March 17, 2012spans numerous topics in RF design,
You should ignore the breathless blurb headline on the back cover that claims “The only source for practical, real world information on RF measurements for cellular phones and wireless data systems”. Surely there must be other texts.
But this is certainly a well written one. It starts from basics about RF circuits and the various digital modulation techniques. Just as importantly, it explains various measurement devices like power meters and VNA and VSA. The up to date nature of the RF engineer’s toolkit is a valuable synopsis.
The text also takes you into the semiconductor structures currently used, like a HEMT [High Electron Mobility Transistor]. Power amplifiers are given good coverage.
At a higher level, simple antenna principles are explained, as well as how to assemble a wireless communication system. Actual standards like TDMA and WiMax, however, are only briefly dealt with.
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|Huilin Xu
March 17, 2012A good book to understand UWB-based localization,
This book offeres us a comprehensive introduction of UWB-aided positioning techniques including measurement, positioning, tracking, error analysis, performance bounds, ranging protocols, practical applications, up-to-date developments and future research directions. In terms of content, this book is highly recommended to electrical engineers who either need a high-level picture or in-depth understanding of the technical details. Since this book fully focuses on the positioning problem, it is able to include many discussions that have been occasionally overlooked, such as the Ziv-Zakai bound. As a preliminary knowledge of the main theme, chapter 2 and chapter 3 can also be used for general purposes to understand the basic of UWB. In addition, each chapter ends with problems, some of which are quite inspiring. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to choose their interesting problems to work on. The last chapter gives a concise survey of the recent developments and future research directions. Reading this chapter may help people, especially graduate students form their own ideas.
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