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Welcome to the U.C. Berkeley UWB Group:
| Ultra-Wideband
(UWB) signaling promises a potentially revolutionary approach to radio
communication. By using pulses or waveforms compressed in time, frequency
energy may be spread over a very wide bandwidth to very low levels (even under the thermal noise
floor.) This may
allow UWB radios to share spectrum with existing narrowband broadcasters
without causing undue interference; thus creating many interesting
and novel application opportunities.
It is the goal of this research group to investigate the design of UWB transceivers realized in a conventional CMOS technology. Starting with system considerations: link budgeting, channel and interference modeling, communication distance vs. throughput, etc., we will explore low-power architectural implementation trade-offs. Our overall objective is the fabrication and demonstration of networked radios. Our new research project: UWB-Based Next Generation Networking [Click Here for Project Webpage] looks towards the future networking of (potentially billions of) low-cost, short-range sensors, actuators and smart devices. The goal is an architectural exploration intent on enabling Internet-like gains in this new context of wireless connectivity. |
| Funded by ONR Award No. N00014-00-1-0223, entitled "Low Power, CMOS Implementation of Ultra-Wideband Radios." |
| MURI Grant #065861 (University of Southern California), entitled "Short-Range Ultra-Wideband Systems." |
| and NSF Grant #ANI-0230963 (with Aether Wire & Location), entitled "Ultra-Wideband Based Next Generation Networking." |
