Title :
A Reconfigurable IR-UWB Radio Interface, with Directional Antennas and Localization Capability, for Wireless Sensor Networks
Author :
Lecointre, Aubin ; Dragomirecu, Daniela ; Berthou, Pascal ; Plana, Robert
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Toulouse, Toulouse
Abstract :
This paper proposes an IR-UWB radio interface layer which is able to deal with WSN context. With this intention, we present a reconfigurable IR-UWB with directional antennas and localization capability at 60 GHz. We introduce the advantages of using the millimeter band, directional antennas, localization and the reconfigurability. We also propose some implementations on a FPGA receiver.
Keywords :
directive antennas; ultra wideband communication; wireless sensor networks; FPGA receiver; IR-UWB radio interface; directional antennas; wireless sensor networks; Amplitude modulation; Application software; Costs; Directional antennas; Moore´s Law; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Quality of service; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2007. ICECS 2007. 14th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Marrakech
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1377-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1378-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2007.4511175
