Wednesday, July 23, 2003
UWB To Trigger Software Radios?
Posted by Janak Parekh in "ARTICLE" @ 07:00 PM
Rupert Goodwins has written up a decent history on the evolution of ultrawideband technology, otherwise known as UWB. If you haven't heard much about it, check it out -- if it comes to market, it'll be a very promising short-range wireless technology. In addition, he makes an interesting point about the implications of designing UWB-compatible radios.
"Even here, UWB has a trick up its sleeve. The full 13 bands stretch from 3.4 to 10GHz, and any radio that covers such a huge sweep of spectrum will be able to do other things too. UWB could see the first widespread deployment of software radio, where the hardware is flexible enough to be reprogrammed to any standard and set of frequencies you can think up."
I'd love to have a software radio in my Pocket PC 5 years from now that can handle every wireless 802 standard, whether it be 11(abg), 15.3a, or even Bluetooth. Long-term, that's got to be the ideal solution.
"Even here, UWB has a trick up its sleeve. The full 13 bands stretch from 3.4 to 10GHz, and any radio that covers such a huge sweep of spectrum will be able to do other things too. UWB could see the first widespread deployment of software radio, where the hardware is flexible enough to be reprogrammed to any standard and set of frequencies you can think up."
I'd love to have a software radio in my Pocket PC 5 years from now that can handle every wireless 802 standard, whether it be 11(abg), 15.3a, or even Bluetooth. Long-term, that's got to be the ideal solution.
