OYSTER BAY-Ultra Wideband technology, which until recently was only in use by the military and government, is expected to be seen in consumer electronic and chipset devices as early as 2003, according to research from Allied Business Intelligence.ABI further predicts that by 2007, industry...
SAN FRANCISCO-XtremeSpectrum Inc. said it demonstrated the "wire-like" video quality of its ultra-wideband Trinity chipset using the MPEG2 video format to stream content to six separate flat panel displays simultaneously across a room using a single UWB connection.XtremeSpectrum also noted the test was conducted...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Time Domain Corp. said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a significant patent for its ultra-wideband silicon chipset. The patent, one of 74 awarded to Time Domain, covers methods and techniques for generating, positioning, searching for, and efficiently acquiring UWB pulses....
Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans was the keynote speaker at today's Spectrum Summit. Following are his prepared remarks.As I stand here in our Department auditorium, I am reminded of the first time I stood on this stage. It was Jan 23rd. I...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Xtreme Spectrum Inc. said it demonstrated streaming video applications using ultra-wideband technology.The demonstration used four DVD players broadcasting four different MPEG-2 video streams running at 10 megabits per second to four different displays across a room using a single UWB connection.The company...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission today authorized ultra-wideband technology under what it described as very conservative technical parameters.The agency said it plans to initiate a further rulemaking in the next six to nine months with an eye toward relaxing the new rules."Today the FCC working...
WASHINGTON—A leading public-safety organization today told the Federal Communications Commission it has serious concerns about potential interference from ultra-wideband transmissions to radio systems used by police, firefighters and emergency medical workers and to GPS-based technologies used to locate emergency callers.The Association of Public-Safety Communications...
WASHINGTON—Qualcomm Inc. today told the Federal Communications Commission that new tests show ultra-wideband devices operated near GPS-enabled wireless phones will hinder the location of callers who make 911 emergency calls, undermining the agency's mandate requiring carriers to deploy location-based 911 service. The rollout...
WASHINGTON—Sprint PCS and XtremeSpectrum Inc. are in a letter-writing fight regarding whether ultra-wideband technologies will interfere with PCS.Sprint claims that interference will occur while XtremeSpectrum disputes this.The PCS carrier started the latest round by writing a letter to the Departments of Commerce, Transportation, Defense...
WASHINGTON-XtremeSpectrum Inc., a hopeful entrant into the ultra-wideband market, has made a proposal that it believes will answer critics' claims that ultra-wideband technologies will cause harmful interference to the global positioning system.Ultra-wideband, or pulse technology, uses short, low-powered and fast (up to one-trillionth of...
WASHINGTON-Government testing of potential interference between the global positioning system and ultra-wideband devices seems to be politically inconclusive, while an UWB-industry funded study shows that UWB devices do not interfere any more than other unlicensed RF-using products."The report documents the results of the measurement...
WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications and Information Administration said last week testing showed that ultra-wideband systems "have the potential" to operate in the 3 to 6 GHz bands even though the power may exceed the interference protection criteria for unlicensed devices."We are hopeful this will provide...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has asked about a dozen federal agencies to evaluate the relocation costs and other needs associated with returning spectrum for private use. The NTIA request was made as the government begins the study process following the recently completed...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has turned back an attempt from the aviation industry to overturn three waivers that allow limited use of ultra-wideband technology, but not until after some political wrangling between it and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration."Repeated NTIA editing of our...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week adopted proposed rules that could lead to the use of ultra-wideband technology on an unlicensed basis."UWB devices appear to be able to operate on spectrum already occupied by existing radio services without causing interference. It could permit scarce...
WASHINGTON-Prospects for the widespread development of ultra-wideband technologies were dealt a blow last week when the aviation community-associations representing both airlines and air travelers-expressed concern that UWB technologies will interfere with the global positioning system."We are extremely concerned about ultra-wideband as a potential safety...
