UWB MAC and network solutions for low data rate with location and tracking applications

ICU 2005: 2005 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 758-763

  Giancola, Guerino ^a   Blazevic, Ljubica ^b   Bucaille, Isabelle ^c   De Nardis, Luca ^a   Di Benedetto, Maria Gabriella ^a   Durand, Yves ^d   Froc, Gwillerm ^e   Cuezva, Begoña Molinete ^f   Pierrot, Jean Benoît ^d   Pirinen, Pekka ^g   Rinaldi, Nils ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ST Microlelectronics ^*  (Switzerland)

^c THALES COMMUNICATIONS   (France)

^d CEA LETI   (France)

^e Mitsubishi Electric ITE TCL   (France)

^f TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Localization; Low data rate; Medium access control; Tracking; Ultra wideband; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TOPOLOGY; TRACKING (POSITION); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

LOW DATA RATE; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC); ULTRA WIDE BAND (UWB); WIRELESS NETWORKS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 33846185092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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