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BER Performance of Wireless BPSK Communication System in Tunnels With and Without Traffic

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The bit error rate (BER) performance for high-speed personal communication service in tunnels with and without traffic is investigated. The impulse responses of tunnels for any transmitter–receiver location are computed by shooting and bouncing ray/image techniques. By using the impulse responses of these multipath channels, the BER performance of BPSK (binary phase shift keying) system with phase and timing recovery circuits are calculated. Numerical results have shown that the multipath effect by the vehicles in the tunnel is an important factor for BER performance. In addition, the effect of space diversity techniques and decision feedback equalizer on mitigating the multipath fading is also investigated.

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Chien-Hung Chen was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China, on 8 March 1971. He received the MSEE degree from Tamkang University in 1999. He is studying for Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tamkang University. His current research interests include indoor wireless communications and numerical techniques in electromagnetics.

Chien-Ching Chiu was born in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, on 23 January 1963. He received the BSCE degree from National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1985 and MSEE and PhD degrees from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1987 and 1991, respectively. From 1987 to1989, he served in the ROC Army Force as a communication officer. In 1992 he joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tamkang University, where he is now an Professor. He was a visiting scholar at the MIT and University of Illinois, Urbana from 1998 to 1999. His current research interests include microwave imaging, numerical techniques in electromagnetics and indoor wireless communications.

Shi-Cheng Hung received the MSEE degree from Tamkang University in 1998. He is now a RF engineer. His current research interests include indoor wireless communications and numerical techniques in electromagnetics.

Chien-Hung Lin received the MSEE degree from Tamkang University in 2001. He is now a RF engineer. His current research interests include indoor wireless communications and numerical techniques in electromagnetics.

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Chen, CH., Chiu, CC., Hung, SC. et al. BER Performance of Wireless BPSK Communication System in Tunnels With and Without Traffic. Wireless Pers Commun 30, 1–12 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-004-1675-y

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