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It is challenging to acquire the first arriving path for the estimate of the time of arrival (TOA) in multipath channels, particularly for low signal to noise ratio. The energy detection (ED) receiver is a better scheme for TOA estimate in millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) ranging system since its simple circuit structure. However, the traditional algorithms for TOA estimate using ED cannot provide the adequate accuracy. In this paper, a novel ED receiver for mm-Wave TOA estimate is developed by employing the higher order cumulant technique. Results acquired in IEEE 802.15.3c models confirm the effectiveness and better performance of this solution.
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This work was funded by the Nature Science Foundation of China (41527901), Major Program of China’s Second Generation Satellite Navigation System (GF**********03), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (201713018), National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2012AA061403), National Science and Technology Pillar Program during the Twelfth Five-year Plan Period (2014BAK12B00), National Natural Science Foundation of China (61501424), National Natural Science Foundation of China (61701462), Ao Shan Science and Technology Innovation Project of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (2017ASKJ01), and the Qingdao Science and Technology Plan (17-1-1-7-jch).
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X. Liang conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper; H. Xiao helped to carry out the experiment and analyzed the data, H. Zhang, T. Lyu, and T. Aaron Gulliver helped to review and revise the whole paper.
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Liang, X., Xiao, H., Lyu, T. et al. An improved energy detection receiver for toa estimate in mm-Wave system. Telecommun Syst 69, 519–527 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11235-018-0453-1
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