Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories

Ranging in the IEEE 802.15.4a Standard

Citation:   Sahinoglu, Z.; Gezici, S., "Ranging in the IEEE 802.15.4a Standard", IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), December 2006 (WAMICON 2006)
MERL Report:  TR2006-097

The emerging IEEE 802.15.4a standard is the first international standard that specifies a wireless physical layer to enable precision ranging. In this article, ranging signal waveforms and ranging protocols adopted into the standard are discussed in a tutorial manner.

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