Pre/post-rake diversity combining for UWB communications in the presence of pulse overlap

• Main Authors: Cheng, Xiantao, Guan, Yong Liang
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96830; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11497
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Taking the effect of pulse overlap into account, we address the pre/post-rake technique using rake structure at both transmitter and receiver. Firstly, we propose a single-stream (SS) pre/post-rake, in which the pair of pre-rake and post-rake weighting vectors is optimally derived through generalized eigenvalue decomposition (GEVD). Secondly, by judiciously designing multiple pairs of weighting vectors, we derive multiple-stream (MS) pre/post-rake, which enables parallel subchannel transmission while not requiring multiple antennas at the transmitter or receiver. Finally, we conduct simulations to verify the advantages of the SS pre/post-rake and the MS pre/post-rake over existing rakes.