Impact of Ultra Wide Band emission on WiMAX systems at 2.5 and 3.5GHz

  • Authors:
  • Bazil Taha Ahmed;Jose Luis Masa Campos;Jorge A. Ruiz-Cruz

  • Affiliations:
  • Escuela Politecnica Superior, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain;Escuela Politecnica Superior, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain;Escuela Politecnica Superior, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In this work, results of an analytical analysis to assess the effect of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) emissions on the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access system (WiMAX) are presented. The WiMAX range is evaluated with and without the UWB interference. Free space propagation model is used to calculate the UWB signal power that interferes with WiMAX systems. It is shown that, for the case of single UWB transmitter, WiMAX system can easily tolerate UWB interference when the UWB EIRP is -83dBm/MHz or less for a distance between the UWB transmitter and the WiMAX receiver of 1m or higher at 3.5GHz frequency in order to have only 5% range reduction. To make this possible, multi band UWB should not transmit in the first and the second bands. This will have a detrimental effect on UWB technology. For 2.5GHz WiMAX, the range reduction will be 5% when the UWB EIRP is -87dBm/MHz.