A method for performing analog-to-digital conversion of an ultra wideband analog impulse signal in a system within a communication device, the method comprising: receiving an ultra wideband analog impulse signal; detecting a presence of impulses in the ultra wideband analog impulse signal to obtain an impulse pattern of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal in a first signal processing path, wherein the impulse pattern of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal comprises an active period in which the value of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal fluctuates or is non-zero and a quiet period in which the value of the analog impulse signal is zero, wherein detecting the presence of impulses in the ultra wideband analog impulse signal to obtain the impulse pattern of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal in the first signal processing path comprises: filtering the ultra wideband analog impulse signal to generate a filtered analog signal by broadening incoming impulses of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal; converting the filtered analog signal into a second digital signal; and detecting the presence of impulses in the second digital signal to identify the impulse pattern of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal, and converting the ultra wideband analog impulse signal into a digital signal based on the obtained impulse pattern in a second signal processing path that is in parallel with the first signal processing path, wherein converting the ultra wideband analog impulse signal comprises: burst-sampling the ultra wideband analog impulse signal by sampling the ultra wideband analog impulse signal a plurality of times during the active period to generate a plurality of sampled signals; and converting the sampled signals into a plurality of digital signals using a plurality of analog-to-digital converters, ADCs, wherein converting the sampled signals using the plurality of ADCs uses the quiet period of the analog impulse signal. receiving an ultra wideband analog impulse signal; detecting a presence of impulses in the ultra wideband analog impulse signal to obtain an impulse pattern of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal in a first signal processing path, wherein the impulse pattern of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal comprises an active period in which the value of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal fluctuates or is non-zero and a quiet period in which the value of the analog impulse signal is zero, wherein detecting the presence of impulses in the ultra wideband analog impulse signal to obtain the impulse pattern of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal in the first signal processing path comprises: filtering the ultra wideband analog impulse signal to generate a filtered analog signal by broadening incoming impulses of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal; converting the filtered analog signal into a second digital signal; and detecting the presence of impulses in the second digital signal to identify the impulse pattern of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal, and filtering the ultra wideband analog impulse signal to generate a filtered analog signal by broadening incoming impulses of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal; converting the filtered analog signal into a second digital signal; and detecting the presence of impulses in the second digital signal to identify the impulse pattern of the ultra wideband analog impulse signal, and converting the ultra wideband analog impulse signal into a digital signal based on the obtained impulse pattern in a second signal processing path that is in parallel with the first signal processing path, wherein converting the ultra wideband analog impulse signal comprises: burst-sampling the ultra wideband analog impulse signal by sampling the ultra wideband analog impulse signal a plurality of times during the active period to generate a plurality of sampled signals; and converting the sampled signals into a plurality of digital signals using a plurality of analog-to-digital converters, ADCs, wherein converting the sampled signals using the plurality of ADCs uses the quiet period of the analog impulse signal. burst-sampling the ultra wideband analog impulse signal by sampling the ultra wideband analog impulse signal a plurality of times during the active period to generate a plurality of sampled signals; and converting the sampled signals into a plurality of digital signals using a plurality of analog-to-digital converters, ADCs, wherein converting the sampled signals using the plurality of ADCs uses the quiet period of the analog impulse signal.