On a hybrid preamble/soft-output demapper approach for time synchronization for IEEE 802.15.6 narrowband WBAN

  • Imen Nasr
  • , Leila Najjar Atallah
  • , Sofiane Cherif
  • , Jianxiao Yang
  • , Kunlun Wang

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a maximum likelihood (ML) based time synchronization algorithm for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN). The proposed technique takes advantage of soft information retrieved from the soft demapper for the time delay estimation. This algorithm has a low complexity and is adapted to the frame structure specified by the IEEE 802.15.6 standard [1] for the narrowband systems. Simulation results have shown good performance which approach the theoretical mean square error limit bound represented by the Cramer Rao Bound (CRB).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalChina Communications
Volume12
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • IEEE 802.15.6
  • ML estimation
  • WBAN
  • soft demapping
  • time synchronization

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