Ultra-Wideband Communications: Fundamentals and Applications

Abbreviations

2D—two-dimensional

2G—second generation

3G—third generation

ADC—analog-to-digital converter

AWGN—additive white Gaussian noise

BER—bit error rate

BPSK—binary-phase shift keying

BS—base station

CAGR—compound annual growth rate

CDMA—code division multiple access

CE—consumer electronics

CEA—Consumer Electronics Association

CMF—classical matched filter

CMOS—complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

CPE—customer-premises equipment

CSMA/CA—carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance

CW—continuous waveform

dB—decibel

dBm—decibel in milliwatts

DH-TR—delay-hopped transmitted reference

DSRD—drift step recovery diode

DSSS—direct sequence spread spectrum

DTV—digital TV

DS-UWB—direct sequence ultra-wideband

DVD—digital video disc