Ultra-wide bandwidth in-vehicle channel measurements using chirp pulse sounding signal

Abstract

A novel ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) channel measurement approach based on chirp pulse sounding signal in an automotive vehicle is proposed. An UWB channel impulse response (CIR) estimator using de-convolution technique is constructed to verify that the chirp pulse sounding signal generated with rectangular window is 12.71 dB better in accuracy than the Gaussian pulse sounding signal to measure the CIR of the UWB channel. The UWB channel measurement in the frequency band of 4.25–4.75 GHz is carried out inside an automotive vehicle. The experimental results validate the correctness of using chirp pulse sounding signal to measure the UWB channel inside an automotive vehicle with windows closed through the root mean square delay spread for Cases A and B radio propagation channel models of IEEE 802.15.3a UWB standard when the threshold is properly chosen. Also, test results show that opening the vehicle's window may change the channel characterisation.