PROGRESS: Completed Project PROJECT REF: NA PROJECT TITLE: Advanced UWB Technology Development Platform PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Ultra wideband (UWB) technologies stand to create a new era of wireless consumer electronics and personal networking applications. Deploying an unprecedented combination of wide bandwidth and ultra low power OFDM/CDMA signals (-41.3dbm within a 7.5 GHz of frequency spectrum), UWB networks target to distribute wireless multimedia contents at a rate of up to 480 Mbps (over 660 times of Bluetooth). Demanding UWB networking requirements impose utmost design and technical challenges for the wireless communications engineering community worldwide. To address the technology challenges, ASTRI is developing advanced UWB technologies to counter signal degradation resulting from severe indoor multi-path fading and signal interference and to address the range limitation, as well as QoS and systems throughput enhancement. ASTRI's scalable UWB technology solution features patent-pending multi-hop capability, proprietary transmission power control and advanced intelligent resource scheduling functionalities. The research is oriented to make the next wave of high speed wireless USB for PC peripherals and wireless 1394 for consumer electronics a reality. FOCUS AREA(S): Communications Technologies KEYWORDS: UWB; wireless communication COLLABORATION: Flexible and on a case-by-case basis STATUS PATENT: Patent Pending PATENT NO: NA ORGANIZATION: ASTRI CONTACT PERSON: Jonathan Leung EMAIL: klleung@astri.org TEL: (852) 3406 2980 FAX: (852) 3406 2801 WEBSITE: http://www.astri.org DATE: