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Ultra Wideband Technologies and Wireless Sensor Networks

Published by: Practel, Inc.

Published: Mar. 1, 2006


Table of Contents



1.0 Introduction

1.1 General

1.2 UWB History

1.3 Brief Description

1.3.1 UWB


1.3.2 WSN


1.4 Scope

1.5 Structure

1.6 Research Methodology

1.7Target Audience




2.0 Technology Specifics

2.1 General

2.2 Definition


2.2.1 Rates


2.3 Spectrum Allocation


2.3.1 Choices


2.4 Major Features


2.4.1 Communications Features


2.5 Standards and Regulations


2.5.1 Multiband OFDM

2.5.2 DS-UWB

2.5.3 Standards Bodies

2.5.4 Groups


2.5.4.1 Forces


2.5.5 FCC and ETSI

2.5.6 ECMA International

2.5.7 ITU and International

2.5.8 Intel Efforts

2.5.9 Comparison


2.5.9.1 Impulse Radio- Pulse Link, Time Domain

2.5.9.2 DS-CDMA - Motorola and other

2.5.9.3 Multi-Band OFDM (FH) - MBOA



3.0 Applications

3.1 General

3.2 Home Security

3.3 Phones

3.4 RFID

3.5 Communications and Imaging


3.5.1 WPAN

3.5.2 Imaging systems

3.5.3 Vehicular radar systems

3.5.4 Ranging


3.6 UWB Technology: Impacts on Public Safety


3.6.1 General

3.6.2 Five Elements of Interoperability


3.6.2.1 Coordination and Partnerships

3.6.2.2 Spectrum

3.6.2.3 Standards and Technology

3.6.2.4 Security

3.6.2.5 Funding


3.6.3 Emergency Communications: Support Features


3.7 Wireless Sensor Networks and UWB


3.7.1 General

3.7.2 WSN Requirements and UWB


3.7.2.1 Requirements

3.7.2.2 UWB Role

3.7.2.2.1 UWB-structured WSN


3.7.3 WSN: Examples

3.7.4 Structure and Economics

3.7.5 WSN Major Applications

3.7.6 Standards


3.7.6.1 Software Development: TinyOS


3.8 Issues



4.0 Examples

4.1 Transceiver (military)

4.2 Ground Wave Propagation Device

4.3 25 Mb/s UWB Radio

4.4 Tagging Device

4.5 Aircraft Intercom

4.6 Ad Hoc Network

4.7 Positioning Systems-EUROPCOM-First Responders Gear

4.8 Summary




5.0 Market

5.1 General

5.2 Major Segments

5.3 Forecast

5.4 Notes on Market for UWB WSN




6.0 Industry: UWB and WSN

6.1 UWB


Aether (localization devices)

Alereon (chipsets)

Artimi (chipsets)

BBN (radio, first responders)

Camero (radar, equipment for first responders)

decaWave (chipsets)

Focus Enhancement (chipsets)

Freescale (chipsets, systems)

General Atomics (chipsets)

Multispectral (RFID and others)

Parco (RFID)

Pulse~ Link (chipsets)

Staccato (chipsets)

TriQuint (chipsets - homeland security applications)

Time Domain (chipsets-fusion of communications & radar)

Tzero (chipsets)

Ubisense (RFID-tracking)

Wisair (chipsets)

WiQuest (chipsets)


6.2 WSN


Crossbow

Dust Networks

Intel

IWT

MeshDynamics

Millennial Net

Moteiv

Octave Technologies

Sensicast



7.0 Competition

7.1 Bluetooth

7.2 IEEE802.11a, b, g, n

7.3 WiMax - 802.16 and 802.16e

7.4 Summary




8.0 Conclusions




List of Figures

Figure 1: UWB Spectrum

Figure 2: WSN and UBW

Figure 3: Market Estimate: UWB Circuitry ($B)

Figure 4: Market Estimate: Multiband OFDM UWB Circuitry ($B)

Figure 5: Market Estimate: DS UWB Circuitry ($B)

Figure 6: Estimate of UWB Market - Communications Applications ($B)

Figure 7: WSN Market Developing: Worldwide ($M)




List of Tables

Table 1: Comparison: Conventioanl Ad Hoc Network and WSN

Table 2: Comparison: DS-UWB and MB-OFDM

Table 3: FCC Emission Limits

Table 4: UWB Applications: Summary

Table 5: Market Segments

Table 6: IEEE802.11 Parameters

Abstract

The topic of this report is the Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, its specifics, market aspects and applications. The report details one of the important UWB applications - Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), and provides specifics of this application, relevant standards and so on. Though the UWB WSN market is in its infancy - mostly due to regulatory barriers similar to all other UWB applications- we think it is necessary to stress the importance of these technologies symbiosis, and to show its perspectives.

Due to a number of very attractive features that we are discussing in this report, UWB allows to make their applications cost efficient and attractive to users. RFID, security, radar, emergency radio and others are among these applications. Not only UWB can widen a spectrum of applications in homeland security, it also adds an economy efficiency factor in the design of radar and communications devices. WSNs, which are spreading in the military and commercial sectors of our economy, and support detection, gathering and transmission of data from various sources and in various environments, gain many attractive features when using UWB as well. Inherent security, extremely low power consumption and ability to work in multipath conditions are just a few examples of WSNs with UWB. The FCC in our country and regulatory bodies around the world have a strict policy regarding UWB spectrum utilization (this is discussed in a report). As with other applications, which require the FCC approval on a case-by-case basis, growth of UWB application in WSNs depends on the regulatory bodies polices.

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