IEICE Transactions on Communications

IEICE Transactions on Communications 2008 E91-B(2):518-526; doi:10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.2.518

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Copyright © 2008 The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

Regular Section -- Papers -- Wireless Communication Technologies

0.7-GHz-Bandwidth DS-UWB-IR System for Low-Power Wireless Communications

Ryosuke FUJIWARA¹, Akira MAEKI², Kenichi MIZUGAKI¹, Goichi ONO¹, Tatsuo NAKAGAWA¹, Takayasu NORIMATSU¹, Masaru KOKUBO¹, Masayuki MIYAZAKI¹, Yasuyuki OKUMA¹, Miki HAYAKAWA¹, Shinsuke KOBAYASHI², Noboru KOSHIZUKA² and Ken SAKAMURA²

¹ The authors are with Hitachi, Ltd., Kokubunji-shi, 185-8601 Japan. E-mail: ryosuke.fujiwara.mb{at}hitachi.com, ² The authors are with YRP Ubiquitous Networking Lab., Tokyo, 141-0031 Japan.

A direct-sequence ultra-wideband impulse radio (DS-UWB-IR) system is developed for low-power wireless applications such as wireless sensor networks. This system adopts impulse radio characterized by a low duty cycle, and a direct-sequence 0.7-GHz bandwidth, which enables low-power operation and extremely precise positioning. Simulation results reveal that the system achieves a 250-kbps data rate for 30-m-distance wireless communications using realistic specifications. We also conduct an experiment that confirms the feasibility of our system.

Key Words: impulse radio, LR-WPAN, UWB, wireless sensor networks

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Manuscript received February 27, 2007. Manuscript revised August 21, 2007.

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