IN-BUILDING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS-TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction

• 1.1 Ubiquitous Wireless Communication
• 1.2 Public Safety Communications Specifics
• 1.3 Scope and Goals
• 1.4 Research Methodology
• 1.5 Target Audience 7

2.0 In-building Communications

• 2.1 Requirements: First Responders In-building Communications
  • 2.1.1 General
• 2.2 Choices
  • 2.2.1 Classes
  • 2.2.2 General Requirements
    • 2.2.2.1 Regulations
    • 2.2.2.2 Who Benefits?
    • 2.2.2.3 Characteristics
• 2.3 Specifics of In-building Communications
  • 2.3.1 Extended Coverage
  • 2.3.2 “See-through”
  • 2.3.3 Mesh
• 2.4 UWB: Technology and Market Specifics
  • 2.4.1 General
    • 2.4.1.1 Obstacles
  • 2.4.2 Definition
  • 2.4.3 Rates
  • 2.4.4 Spectrum Allocation
    • 2.4.4.1 Choices
  • 2.4.5 Major Features
    • 2.4.5.1 Communications Features
  • 2.4.6 Standards and Regulations
    • 2.4.6.1 Multiband OFDM
    • 2.4.6.2 DS-UWB
    • 2.4.6.3 Comparison
  • 2.4.7 Standards Bodies
  • 2.4.8 FCC and ETSI
  • 2.4.9 ECMA International
  • 2.4.10 European Regulators
  • 2.4.11 Utilization
    • 2.4.11.1 Impulse Radio - Pulse Link, Time Domain
    • 2.4.11.2 DS-CDMA - Motorola and other
    • 2.4.11.3 Multi-Band OFDM (FH) - MBOA
  • 2.4.12 Applications
    • 2.4.12.1 General
    • 2.4.12.2 Home Security-UGS
    • 2.4.12.3 In-building
    • 2.4.12.4 RFID
    • 2.4.12.5 General Communications and Imaging
    • 2.4.12.6 WPAN
    • 2.4.12.7 Vehicular radar systems
    • 2.4.12.8 Ranging
    • 2.4.12.9 Public Safety
  • 2.4.13 Issues
  • 2.4.14 UWB Market
    • 2.4.14.1 General
    • 2.4.14.2 Major Segments
    • 2.4.14.3 Forecast
    • 2.4.14.4 Comments
    • 2.4.14.5 Industry: UWB
      • Aether Wire & Location (localization sensors)
      • AirGate (sensors)
      • Alereon (chipsets)
      • BBN (radio, first responders)
      • Belkin (USB)
      • Camero (radar, equipment for first responders)
      • Focus Enhancement (chipsets)
      • Fujitsu Components (antenna, filter)
      • General Atomics (chipsets)
      • Intel
      • Multispectral (RFID and others)
      • Parco (RFID-Health Care)
      • Pulse~ Link (chipsets)
      • Staccato (chipsets)
      • TriQuint (chipsets - homeland security applications)
      • Time Domain (chipsets-fusion of communications & radar)
      • Tzero (chipsets)
      • Ubisense (RFID-tracking)
      • Wisair (chipsets)
      • WiQuest (chipsets)
• 2.5 Mesh Networks-Standards
  • 2.5.1 General
  • 2.5.2 IEEE 802.11s
  • 2.5.3 Standardization Process
  • 2.5.4 Comments
  • 2.5.5 Market
    • 2.5.5.1 Major Applications (in-building)
    • 5.5.5.2 Forecast
  • 2.5.6 Vendors: Examples
    • Azalea
    • BelAir (Nodes)
    • Cisco (Protocols, Nodes)
    • Crossbow (nodes)
    • Dust Networks (WMN Nodes)
    • Ember (ZigBee chips for WMN)
    • Intel (Nodes)
    • IWT(Network Solution)
    • IPMobileNet (WMN)
    • FireTide (Mesh network-Public safety applications)
    • MeshDynamics (Nodes)
    • Millennial Net (SW and Systems)
    • MeshNetworks (Motorola)
    • Mitre (protocols)
    • Motorola (Nodes-Public Safety Communications)
    • Newtrax (WSN-mesh, UGS)
    • Northrop Grumman (Nodes)
    • Nortel (WMN Systems)
    • PacketHop
    • Proxim (WMN Nodes)
    • Rajant (WMN-Military, First Responders)
    • Sensoria (WMN for Public Safety Communications)
    • Strix (Nodes)
    • Tropos (routers, OS)
• 2.6 Distributed Antenna System (DAS)
  • 2.6.1 General
  • 2.6.2 Classification
    • 2.6.2.1 Comparison
  • 2.6.3 DAS Benefits
  • 2.6.4 Forum
  • 2.6.5 Specifics of DAS in Public Safety Communications
  • 2.6.6 Market
    • 2.6.6.1 General
    • 2.6.6.2 Cost Efficiency
    • 2.6.6.3 Market Drivers
    • 2.6.6.4 Forecast
  • 2.6.7 DAS Vendors
    • ADC
    • Andrew (CommScope)
    • Arqiva
    • Avitec
    • Dekolink (public safety)
    • In-Building Cellular (public safety)
    • Innovative Building Concepts
    • Combilent
    • MobileAccess
    • Modtech (Public safety Communications)
    • NextG Networks
    • Powerwave
    • Radio Frequency Systems
    • Shyam Telecom
    • TXRX Systems (public safety)
    • Yosemite
    • Zinwave

3.0 Conclusions

REFERENCES

FIGURES:

• Figure 1: In-building Communications Systems-Classification
• Figure 2: UWB Spectrum
• Figure 3: OFDM Frequency Segments
• Figure 4: DS-UWB Spectrum Characteristics
• Figure 5: Spectrum Regulations-UWB
• Figure 6: Spectrum Illustration
• Figure 7: Market Estimate: UWB Circuitry ($B)
• Figure 8: Market Estimate: UWB IC Shipments (Unit M)
• Figure 9: Estimate of UWB Market - Communications Applications ($B)
• Figure 10: UWB IC-WSN-UGS Market Segment ($M)
• Figure 11: In-building UWB Communications
• Figure 12: Mesh Network Diagram
• Figure 13: WiMesh Stack
• Figure 14: Addressable Market: Mesh Nodes Sales Revenue ($B)
• Figure 15: Addressable Market: Mesh Network Equipment Sales Revenue-PSC-N.A. ($B)
• Figure 16: Addressable Market: PSC-Mesh-In-building Equipment Sales Revenue ($B)
• Figure 17: Active DAS
• Figure 18: Passive DAS
• Figure 19: Hybrid DAS
• Figure 20: Addressable Market Estimate: DAS Sales Revenue ($B)
• Figure 21: DAS Types
• Figure 22: Public Safety Communications Application-DAS Sales Revenue ($B)

TABLES:

• Table 1: Comparison: DS-UWB and MB-OFDM
• Table 2: FCC Emission Limits
• Table 3: Comparison
• Table 4: UWB Market Segments