**5. Summary and conclusions**

In this chapter we have presented a comprehensive review of coding, modulation, and detection for IR-UWB binary phase-shift keying. We conclude that noncoherent autocorrelation-based receivers in combination with blockwise detection constitute a power-efficient low-complexity reference for uncoded, as well as coded transmission. We derived and verified design rules for coded IR-UWB systems, in particular optimum code rates, which take into account the noncoherent detection at the receiver side.
