Essentials of UWB

This concise, practical guide to UWB technology, standards, regulation, and intellectual property issues is a must-have resource for wireless professionals.

Stephen Wood (Author), Roberto Aiello (Author)

9780521877831, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 June 2008

214 pages, 35 b/w illus.
23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.47 kg

If you are involved in designing, building, selling or regulating UWB devices, this concise and practical guide to UWB technology, standards, regulation, and intellectual property issues will quickly bring you up-to-speed. Packed with practical insights, implementation guidelines, and application examples, Essentials of UWB is a must-have resource for wireless professionals working in the field. Written by key figures in the development of UWB, the book describes UWB technology, and evaluates its suitability for applications in communications, radar, and imaging. UWB radios, protocols and implementation are covered, and a thorough account of UWB industry organization completes the picture. This is an invaluable guide for engineers involved in UWB device design, as well as for product marketing managers, sales support engineers and technical managers. It will also appeal to engineers with a deeper technical understanding of UWB who want to gain knowledge of the broader environment and future evolutionary expectations.

1. Introducing ultra wideband
2. Matching UWB to HDR applications
3. The physical (PHY) layer
4. The media access control (MAC) layer
5. Implementation considerations
6. Upper layer protocols
7. UWB standardization
8. Special interest groups
9. UWB business issues
10. Regulating UWB
11. Tragedy of the commons.

Subject Areas: Electronics engineering [TJF], Electronics & communications engineering [TJ], Electrical engineering [THR]