MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Ultra-wideband (UWB) products will inevitably dominate the high data rate wireless marketplace, according to recent analysis from West Technology Research Solutions L.L.C., which estimates annual shipments of UWB chipsets in the communications segment will exceed 63 million units by 2007.
“The throughput potential of UWB being 1,000 times greater than 802.11b and its attribute of supporting a piconet of unlimited size has the very real potential to displace technologies in LANs, PANs, and ultimately in WANs,” said Kirsten West of WTRS. “A significant number of companies in the technology and communication industry, notably cellular-phone handset manufacturers, are fully aware of UWB’s immense commercial application, anticipating that UWB will create a wealth of options that likely will leave CDMA behind as no longer sufficient.”
