High-speed WPAN: Technology and Market Development

1.0 Introduction

• 1.1 Goal
• 1.2 UWB
• 1.3 IEEE 802.11n
• 1.4 60 GHz Radio
  • 1.4.1 Specifics
• 1.5 Report Structure
• 1.6 Research Methodology
• 1.7 Target Audience

2.0 WPAN and IEEE 802.15.3

3.0 UWB: Technology and Market Specifics

• 3.1 General
  • 3.1.2 History
  • 3.1.3 Obstacles
• 3.2 Definition
  • 3.2.1 Rates
• 3.3 Spectrum Allocation
  • 3.3.1 Choices
• 3.4 Major Features
  • 3.4.1 Communications Features
• 3.5 Standards and Regulations
  • 3.5.1 Multiband OFDM
  • 3.5.2 DS-UWB
  • 3.5.3 Standards Bodies
  • 3.5.4 Groups
    • 3.5.4.1 Forces
  • 3.5.5 FCC and ETSI
  • 3.5.6 ECMA International
  • 3.5.7 Ofcom and Others
  • 3.5.8 Comparison
    • 3.5.8.1 Impulse Radio- Pulse Link, Time Domain
    • 3.5.8.2 DS-CDMA - Motorola and other
    • 3.5.8.3 Multi-Band OFDM (FH) - MBOA
• 3.6 Applications
  • 3.6.1 General
  • 3.6.2 Home Security-UGS
  • 3.6.3 Phones
  • 3.6.4 RFID
  • 3.6.5 Communications and Imaging
  • 3.6.6 WPAN
  • 3.6.7 Imaging systems
  • 3.6.8 Vehicular radar systems
  • 3.6.9 Ranging
  • 3.6.10 Public Safety
• 3.7 Issues
• 3.8 Applications Summary
• 3.9 UWB Market
  • 3.9.1 General
    • 3.9.1.1 Major Segments
  • 3.9.2 Forecast
• 3.10 Industry
  • Aether Wire & Location (localization devices)
  • Alereon (chipsets)
  • Artimi (chipsets)
  • BBN (radio, first responders)
  • Camero (radar, equipment for first responders)
  • decaWave (chipsets)
  • Focus Enhancement (chipsets)
  • Freescale (chipsets, systems)
  • General Atomics (chipsets)
  • Multispectral (RFID and others)
  • Parco (RFID-Health Care)
  • Pulse~ Link (chipsets)
  • Philips
  • Radiospire (HDTV)
  • Realtek
  • Staccato (chipsets)
  • TriQuint (chipsets - homeland security applications)
  • Time Domain (chipsets-fusion of communications & radar)
  • Tzero (chipsets)
  • Ubisense (RFID-tracking)
  • Wisair (chipsets)
  • WiQuest (chipsets)

4.0 802.11n Technology and Market

• 4.1 General
• 4.2 Advanced Technologies: MIMO and Others
  • 4.2.1 Concept
    • 4.2.1.1 Benefits
    • 4.2.1.2 Channel
  • 4.2.2 Spatial Multiplexing
  • 4.2.3 OFDM
• 4.3 Directions
• 4.4 Standardization Process
  • 4.4.1 Ratification
  • 4.4.2 Second Draft
  • 4.4.3 Process
  • 4.4.4 Standard Details-Progress in IEEE802.11x Development
    • 4.4.4.1 EWC
• 4.5 Details: Technology
• 4.6 Market
  • 4.6.1 General
  • 4.6.2 Market Forecast
    • 4.6.2.1 Model Assumptions
    • 4.6.2.2 Market Forecast
      • 4.6.2.2.1 Chipsets
      • 4.6.2.2.2 Equipment
• 4.7 Industry Players
  • Airgo (Acquired by Qualcomm)
  • Atheros
  • Belkin
  • Broadcom
  • Intel
  • Linksys (Cisco)
  • Marvell
  • Metalink
  • NEC
  • Netgear
  • RedPine
  • Ruckus
  • SiGe

5.0 Comparison: 802.11n and UWB

• 5.1 General
• 5.2 802.11n
• 5.3 Features Comparison
• 5.4 Major Applications
• 5.5 802.11n and UWB Standardization
  • 5.5.1 Similarities and Differences
  • 5.5.2 Assessment
    • 5.5.2.1 Home-Office Environment-WPAN
    • 5.5.2.2 Mobile Applications
    • 5.2.2.3 Inter-Room Connection
  • 5.2.3 Further Development
    • 5.2.3.1 Transmit Power and Signal Bandwidth
    • 5.2.3.2 The Impact of Multipath Fading on Receiver SNR Requirements
    • 5.2.3.3 System Complexity and Power Consumption

6.0 60 GHz Radio-IEEE 802.15.3c

• 6.1 General
• 6.2 Specifics
  • 6.2.1 Benefits for WPAN
  • 6.2.2 Applications
  • 6.2.3 Challenges
• 6.3 Standardization and Development: WirelessHD, IEEE 802.15.3c and Other
  • 6.3.1 WirelessHD
    • 6.3.1.1 Details: WirelessHD Technology
  • 6.3.2 IEEE 802.15.3c
  • 6.3.3 ECMA
• 6.4 Market
  • 6.4.1 General
  • 6.4.2 Market Obstacles
  • 6.4.3 Forecast
• 6.5 Players and Projects
  • 6.5.1 Amimon
  • 6.5.2 IBM
  • 6.5.3 SiBeam
  • 6.5.4 Phiar-Motorola
  • 6.5.5 Phiar
  • 6.5.6 NEC
• 6.6 Comparison
• 6.7 Applications: 60 GHz WPAN

7.0 Conclusions

Appendix: FCC Ruling

• Figure 1: Wireless Technologies
• Figure 2: UWB Spectrum
• Figure 3: DS-UWB Characteristics
• Figure 4: Spectrum Illustration
• Figure 5: UWB-WPAN Place
• Figure 6: Market Estimate: UWB Circuitry ($B)
• Figure 7: Market Estimate: Multiband OFDM UWB Circuitry ($B)
• Figure 8: Market Estimate: DS UWB Circuitry ($B)
• Figure 9: Estimate of UWB Market - Communications Applications ($B)
• Figure 10: Market Estimate for UWB-WPAN Market
• Figure 11: Basic two-antenna MIMO system with two-stream SDM example
• Figure 12: 802.11 Protocol Family MAC Frame Structure
• Figure 13: 802.11n IC Market Estimate ($M)
• Figure 14: Market Estimate: 802.11n Equipment Shipping ($B)
• Figure 15: Market Estimate-IEEE 802.11n WPAN
• Figure 16: 60 GHz "Open" Spectrum
• Figure 17: IEEE802.15 Structure
• Figure 18: Market Estimate- WPAN 60 GHz Radio (M $US)
• Figure 19: 60 GHz WPAN Example

• Table 1: IEEE 802.15.3c Tasks
• Table 2: WPAN Major Requirements
• Table 3: Comparison: DS-UWB and MB-OFDM
• Table 4: FCC Emission Limits
• Table 5: Comparison: ECMA Standard
• Table 6: UWB Applications: Summary
• Table 7: UWB Market Segments
• Table 8: Comparison of different 802.11 transfer rates.
• Table 9: Feature Comparison
• Table 10: Attenuation
• Table 11: Properties