%0 Journal Article %A Yu-Shuai Chen and Chien-Ching Chiu and Chung-Hsin Huang and Chien-Hung Chen %D 2007 %J International Journal of Information and Communication Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 12, 2007 %T Impact of Metallic Furniture on UWB Channel Statistical Characteristics by BER %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/4881 %V 12 %X The bit error rate (BER) performance for ultra-wide band (UWB) indoor communication with impact of metallic furniture is investigated. The impulse responses of different indoor environments for any transmitter and receiver location are computed by shooting and bouncing ray/image and inverse Fourier transform techniques. By using the impulse responses of these multipath channels, the BER performance for binary pulse amplitude modulation (BPAM) impulse radio UWB communication system are calculated. Numerical results have shown that the multi-path effect by the metallic cabinets is an important factor for BER performance. Also the outage probability for the UWB multipath environment with metallic cabinets is more serious (about 18%) than with wooden cabinets. Finally, it is worth noting that in these cases the present work provides not only comparative information but also quantitative information on the performance reduction. %P 1957 - 1960