UWB Transmission and MIMO Antenna Systems for Nomadic Users and Mobile PANs

  • Authors:
  • J. Farserotu;A. Hutter;F. Platbrood;J. Ayadi;J. Gerrits;A. Pollini

  • Affiliations:
  • CSEM, Rue Jacquet-Droz 1, CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland E-mail: john.farserotu@csem.ch;CSEM, Rue Jacquet-Droz 1, CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland;CSEM, Rue Jacquet-Droz 1, CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland;CSEM, Rue Jacquet-Droz 1, CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland;CSEM, Rue Jacquet-Droz 1, CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland;CSEM, Rue Jacquet-Droz 1, CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland

  • Venue:
  • Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

Personal Area Networks (PANs) are expected to play an important role in future mobile communications and information systems. A proliferation of low data rate sensor and control devices is envisioned. These devices must be able to communicate across various networks in order to provide seamless end-to-end service. At the physical and link level, several factors are critical in order to realize a nomadic PAN: co-existence with other systems, efficient use of increasingly scarce spectrum resources and capacity, robustness in the presence of interference, as well as, the availability of low cost individual user devices. In this paper, we examine a concept for nomadic PANs employing low cost, low data rate ultra wideband (UWB) communication links between personal devices and a handset, or mobile bridge, coupled with a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antennas for communication from a mobile bridge to other networks. Key issues are identified and potential capacity and quality-of-service (QoS) enhancements are evaluated.