Jeffrey H. Reed
INTRODUCTION TO UWB COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Hardcover, 653 pages, plus XVI
Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458, 2005
ISBN 0-13-148103-7

In general about the book

Books on telecommunications have little information of ultra wideband systems (UWB). There are also some problems related to the standardization of UWB. From the academic point of view, there are a lot of fundamental unanswered questions, such as the best modulation type for particular application, efficient wideband antennas with desired form factor, characteristics of UWB signal propagation in different environments, the influence of UWB physical layer on higher layers etc. This book is an effort to answer many of these questions.

Chapter content

Chapter 1. Introduction, pp. 1-28 (Christopher R. Anderson et al.) gives basic principles of impulse UWB and multicarrier UWB are described in the introductory chapter.

Chapter 2. Channel Measurement and Simulation, pp. 29-71 (Ahmad Safaai-Jazi, Ahmed M. Attiya, and Sedki Riad) deals with the problem of channel and propagation simulation.

Chapter 3. Channel Modelling, pp. 73-158 (R. Michael Buehrer) discusses in detail the modelling of channel and the UWB signal.

Chapter 4. Antennas, pp. 159-212 (William A. Davis and Stanislav Licul) is dedicated to antennas. The advantage of the approach presented in this chapter is the formal process through which all the aspects of the antennas and environment can be integrated theoretically.

Chapter 5. Transmitter Design, pp. 213-251 (Dennis Sweeney et al.) deals with the transmitter design. Further on, there is an analysis of TH-PPM, OOC-PPM and DS modulation schemes suitable for impulse UWB (I-UWB) receivers, and CI, FH and OFDM modulation techniques suitable for the multicarrier UWB (M-UWB).

Chapter 6. Receiver Design Principles, pp. 253-377 (Annamalai Annamalai Sridharan Muthuswamy, et all) gives a overview of receiver design for the modulation schemes mentioned in Chapter 5, and an explanation is given on the difference between the impulse UWB and classical systems.

Chapter 7. On the Coexistence of UWB and Narrowband Radio Systems, pp. 379-421 (Ananthram Swami and Brian M. Sadler) deals with the interference. In contrast to the classical communications, in together with an UWB signal an additional co-channel with other communication signals may be transmitted. This possibility, as well as the effects of mutual interference is analysed.

Chapter 8. Simulation, pp. 423-469 (William H. Tranter, James O. Neel, and Christopher R. Anderson) explains the simulation of UWB systems. Special attention is paid to the need for high accuracy of these simulation in order to minimize the simulation time.

Chapter 9. Networking, pp. 471-507 (Michelle X. Gong and Scott F. Midkiff) is devoted to the UWB physical layer and its influence on design and operation of higher layers.

Chapter 10. Applications and Case Studies, pp. 509-540 (Nathaniel J. August, Christopher R. Anderson and Dong S. Ha) explores the wide range of applications that can exploit the unique properties of UWB systems. Detailed description of UWB standards for WPANS and UWB regulations are given at the end of this chapter.

Useful book for students

The book is structured well, and chapter ordering is logical. The collection of articles provides excellent review for researcher caught up in the rapidly evolving field of UWB systems. This book has a great value since the UWB systems are relatively new and they are widely used in modern telecommunications. I would recommend this book to the postgraduate students and to engineers who did not have a chance to get familiar to this systems.