Radio resource sharing for ad hoc networking with UWB
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
A survey on ultra wide band medium access control schemes
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
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Ultra wideband (UWB) technology offers unique advantages for wireless communications: precise location-timing capabilities, imperceptibility, low power, low complexity, and low cost. No existing wireless network successfully takes advantage of the properties of this technology because of the lack of an efficient medium access control (MAC) technology. In this brief, we overview the strengths of UWB and take a glance at research on MAC protocols for UWB. UWB is a promising technology suitable for cross-layer optimizations from physical layer to network layer. Precise location, arrival of angle, and directional antennas may well open the door to an optimal usage of the spectrum and highly energyefficient routing schemes.