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<p>This paper studies code synchronization in time hopping (TH) ultra wideband
(UWB) systems. In TH UWB systems, narrow
pulses based on Gaussian pulse are positioned in
different locations in consecutive time frames.
The location of each frame is defined by a
spreading code. The receiver collects the energy
of the pulses using the same spreading code. To
be able to do that, it has to synchronize itself to
the incoming signal. Due to the large bandwidth
of the signal, several replicas of the signals arrive into the receiver. Thus, the energy of the
signal is spread in time domain causing extra
problems to the synchronization procedure. In
this paper, earlierly proposed method for direct
sequence spread spectrum system is applied for
time hopping system. The method is simulated in
a multipath environment. The performance
measure used is the mean acquisition time. Con-
stant false alarm rate criterion is used for the
threshold setting rule for comparator. The energies of the multipath components are combined
in the acquisition process. Therefore, diversity
combining is obtained in the acquisition process,
which also leads to performance improvement.
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