The on-body path loss and time delay of radio propagation in 2. 4/5.2/5.7 GHz wearable body sensor networks (W-BSN) are studied using Remcom XFDTD, a simulation tool based on the finite-difference time- domain metho...The on-body path loss and time delay of radio propagation in 2. 4/5.2/5.7 GHz wearable body sensor networks (W-BSN) are studied using Remcom XFDTD, a simulation tool based on the finite-difference time- domain method. The simulation is performed in the environment of free space with a simplified three- dimensional human body model. Results show that the path loss at a higher radio frequency is significantly smaller. Given that the transmitter and the receiver are located on the body trunk, the path loss relevant to the proposed minimum equivalent surface distance follows a log-fitting parametric model, and the path loss exponents are 4. 7, 4. 1 and 4. 0 at frequencies of 2. 4, 5.2, 5.7 GHz, respectively. On the other hand, the first- arrival delays are less than 2 ns at all receivers, and the maximum time delay spread is about 10 ns. As suggested by the maximum time delay spread, transmission rates of W-BSN must be less than 10^8 symbol/s to avoid intersymbol interference from multiple-path delay.展开更多
In Direct-Sequence Code Division Multiple Access(DS-CDMA) mobile communi-cation systems, it is very important to obtain accurate estimation of the channel parameters,especially that of the propagation delay. But the n...In Direct-Sequence Code Division Multiple Access(DS-CDMA) mobile communi-cation systems, it is very important to obtain accurate estimation of the channel parameters,especially that of the propagation delay. But the near-far problem may make the estimationcomplicated and can degrade the estimation performance significantly. In this paper, an efficientMaximum Likelihood (ML) method is presented for channel parameter estimation of multi-rateDS-CDMA systems in slow fading multipath channels in a near-far scenario. The algorithmextended the ML approach to multi-rate DS-CDMA systems, and proposes decomposing a multi-dimensional optimization problem into a series of one-dimensional optimization and has improvedcomputational efficiency. Theoretical analysis and numerical examples show that the estimatorproposed is effective and near-far resistant.展开更多
基金The High Technology Research and Development Program of Jiangsu Province (NoBG2005001)the Hong Kong Inno-vation and Technology Fund (NoITS/99/02)
文摘The on-body path loss and time delay of radio propagation in 2. 4/5.2/5.7 GHz wearable body sensor networks (W-BSN) are studied using Remcom XFDTD, a simulation tool based on the finite-difference time- domain method. The simulation is performed in the environment of free space with a simplified three- dimensional human body model. Results show that the path loss at a higher radio frequency is significantly smaller. Given that the transmitter and the receiver are located on the body trunk, the path loss relevant to the proposed minimum equivalent surface distance follows a log-fitting parametric model, and the path loss exponents are 4. 7, 4. 1 and 4. 0 at frequencies of 2. 4, 5.2, 5.7 GHz, respectively. On the other hand, the first- arrival delays are less than 2 ns at all receivers, and the maximum time delay spread is about 10 ns. As suggested by the maximum time delay spread, transmission rates of W-BSN must be less than 10^8 symbol/s to avoid intersymbol interference from multiple-path delay.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 60102005
文摘In Direct-Sequence Code Division Multiple Access(DS-CDMA) mobile communi-cation systems, it is very important to obtain accurate estimation of the channel parameters,especially that of the propagation delay. But the near-far problem may make the estimationcomplicated and can degrade the estimation performance significantly. In this paper, an efficientMaximum Likelihood (ML) method is presented for channel parameter estimation of multi-rateDS-CDMA systems in slow fading multipath channels in a near-far scenario. The algorithmextended the ML approach to multi-rate DS-CDMA systems, and proposes decomposing a multi-dimensional optimization problem into a series of one-dimensional optimization and has improvedcomputational efficiency. Theoretical analysis and numerical examples show that the estimatorproposed is effective and near-far resistant.