W2: PULSERS Project: "Advances in the Development of UWB Systems for Europe"

The open international workshop "Advances in the development of UWB Systems for Europe" will provide an insight into current state of development of UltraWide Band Systems in Europe, with particular emphasis on the progress made within the FP6 Integrated Research Project PULSERS (Pervasive Ultra-wideband Low Spectral Energy Radio Systems).

The workshop will start highlighting technical aspects under analysis in the different areas explored by the PULSERS consortium, from the driving scenarios to the architecture of the UWB systems, the planned Field Trials and Experiments, the main PHY and MAC concepts and inputs into the European and international regulatory debate. This will then be followed by an overview on the European and International Status on the Regulatory and Standardisation.

Morning Session (4 h)
After a short management introduction into the PULSERS project the workpackage Scenarios (WP2a) will report on its studies into the definition of the different scenarios including their description, actors, infrastructure, main applications, etc. The workpackage on Integration Platforms (WP2b) will deliver then its initial public assessment of the feasibility of a Wireless DVI high quality cable-replacement system and will report on the first European trials with PULSERS UWB Positioning Systems. Then the System Design workpackage (WP3a) will report on (Very) High Data Rate (VHDR/HDR) and Low Data Rate with Location and Tracking (LDR-LT) system architectures and focus on the possible networking architectures. System simulations results will be provided. WP3b addresses advanced research topics in the field of UWB MAS (Multiple Antenna Systems). Results in channel modelling and signalling schemes for co-located and distributed antenna systems are presented. Then the Physical Layer (PHY) LDR-LT workpackage (WP4a) will report afterwards on the low data rate architectures considered and location approaches taken. This will be followed by a report of the PHY-HDR workpackage (WP4b) describing HDR & VHDR UWB PHY architectures. The report will focus on the simulations done and their results.

Afternoon Session (3 h)
The Media Access Control (MAC) workpackage (WP5) will present its current status on simulation and hardware integration work towards HDR and LDR-LT feasible MAC verification. This will be followed by presentations of the Regulation and Standardisation workpackage (WP6) reporting on its work in the area of UWB Regulation & Standards; in particular, an account of the current European and international status of UWB regulation will be provided. Possibly representatives from leading UWB manufacturing companies will finally provide an insight into the current state of the art product development.