Ultrawideband Communications—An Idea Whose Time has Still Yet to Come? [Wireless Corner]

Author

Catherwood, Philip A. ; Scanlon, William G.

Author_Institution

Nanotechnol. & Integrated Bioeng. Centre (NIBEC), Univ. of Ulster, Newtownabbey, UK

Volume

57

Issue

2

fYear

2015

fDate

4/1/2015 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

43

Abstract

This paper presents a critical analysis of ultrawideband (UWB) and considers the turbulent journey it has had from the Federal Communications Commission´s bandwidth allocation in 2002 to today. It analyzes the standards, the standoffs, and the stalemate in standardization activities and investigates the past and present research and commercial activities in realizing the UWB dream. In this paper, statistical evidence is presented to depict UWB´s changing fortunes and is utilized as an indicator of future prominence. This paper reviews some of the opinions and remarks from commentators and analyzes predictions that were made. Finally, it presents possible ways forward to reignite the high-data-rate UWB standardization pursuit.

Keywords

bandwidth allocation; statistical analysis; ultra wideband communication; Federal Communications Commission bandwidth allocation; UWB analysis; high-data-rate UWB standardization pursuit; statistical evidence; ultrawideband communications; FCC; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Ultra wideband radar; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2015.2420013

Filename

7109242