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Ultra Wide Band - controversial wireless
Being involved in various wireless solutions GEMEX was asked to undertake a study for the ministry of Economic Affairs to the potential of Ultra Wide Band.
The study presents a complete view of the possibilities and difficulties of pulse controlled UWB communication technology. UWB is a revolutionary wireless communication technique for ‘short’ distances. The ministry of Economic Affairs is the client that wants an objective answer on the question: “is it hot or not?”
Despite a detached approach of this subject, the authors were impressed by the technical possibilities of UWB. For years it was a toy of the army, recent technical progression show dizzeling communication speeds combined with a very precise orientation. In other words, “it’s hot!”
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Ultra Wide Band vs. Radioband
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UWB technology is in no way a fashion phenomenon, but an original form of wireless digital (data-) communication that should be taken very seriously. The expectation is that applications “soon” will be produced by industry on a large scale for the US market for wireless mouses, keyboards and wireless multimedia.
”Soon” in ICT is by the laws of Moore an exponential notion and it rules for UWB too. It could even go faster than Moore predicts because until now the growth mainly got delayed because there is no regulated permission for UWB in co-existence with current radio technologies. A prominent investigation agency in the US predicts 274 million UWB devices worldwide in 2006.
The applications of UWB go beyond what industry (mostly in the US) is able to nowadays. There is the possibility of very powerful tools for distance and positioning, using UWB. This is first of all the control of traffic, the congestion as well as the safety, but also general applications like tracing and logistics.
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