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The Ultra-Platform for Wireless Multimedia

Copyright © 2006 WiMedia Alliance. All Rights Reserved. 2

Regulated in the US since February 2002

UWB is available spectrum, not a specific technology

7,500MHz of unlicensed spectrum

First regulation ever that allows spectrum sharing: low emission limit (-41.3dBm/MHz EIRP) doesn’t cause harmful interference

Transmitters need to occupy at least 500MHz all the time

UWB devices are NOT defined as impulse radios or by any specific modulation

Enough spectrum to reach much higher data rates than in the ISM band (83.5MHz at 2.4GHz) or the U-NII bands (300MHz at 5GHz)

Optimized for short-distances applications

FCC regulationsUltra-Wideband (UWB) at a Glance


UWB Qualities

UWB is wireless personal area networking (WPAN) technology

for transmitting data

• Quickly

• Cost-effectively

• With low power consumption

Range (m)

Data Networking

802.11a/b/g/n

.11n promises 100Mbps @ 100m

Quality of service, streaming

Room-rangeHigh-definition

UWB

Bluetooth

UWBShort

DistanceFast download

110Mbps @ 10m

480Mbps @ 2m200Mbps @ 4m

Dat

a R

ate

(M

bp

s)

1000

100

10

1

1 10 100Source: Texas Instruments


What Problem Does UWB Solve?

The Customer’s Frustration with Cables:

• Tangle of cables in our Homes and Offices

• Ever increasing file sizes of content to be downloaded and enjoyed by Consumers

• Consumers don’t want to wait long for a file to transfer

• User Models limited by the use of Cables• Customers to-day prefer Wireless

UWB is more than a Cable replacement technology

Create new User Models and product opportunities not possible today with cables

BUT…..MUST Match the Security of cables

MUST be easy to use

UWB is more than a Cable replacement technology

Create new User Models and product opportunities not possible today with cables

BUT…..MUST Match the Security of cables

MUST be easy to use


The Vision: Creating new User Models and Product opportunities

PersonalWireless Storage/Wallet

Photo & Video ClipDisplay

Photo Printer

SHARE and EXCHANGECreate New User Models

not possible in the Cabled World

Connecting PC, CE and Mobile Segments

Multi Channel Speakers

In Car Media center& video

Share video clipsMusic & Photos

Media Center


The Model that Consumers Expect

Compatible and InteroperableCompatible and Interoperable out of the box

ManyMany suppliers supporting a Common Standard at all levels of the ecosystem

Buy it Plug it in Use it…Easily!


History of Ultra-Wideband

• Four years of public debate before FCC issues approval

• Four years of standards debates in IEEE yield two competing approaches

• Majority of competing approaches align into single standard: Multiband OFDM (MB-OFDM)

Approval for Unlicensed UWB

Notice of Proposed RulemakingNotice of Inquiry

Multiband Coalition Forms

First WiMedia Products Introduced

Multiband Coalition Becomes

Announces Formation of SIG

and

Merge

Forms

Approval of MBOA Waiver Request

Proposal Reviewed by Ecma

Standards based on WiMedia UWB

Released


Industry’s First Commercial UWB Standards

Released by Ecma International

ECMA-368Defines Physical (PHY) and Media Access Control (MAC) layers for a

decentralized, complex system Employs the unlicensed 3.1 to 10.6 GHz UWB spectrumMandates support of at least 53.3, 106.7 and 200 Mb/s to ensure a

reasonable consumer experience ECMA-369

Defines the ECMA-368 companion interface specification Enables interconnectivity for separate implementations of ECMA-368

PHY and MAC layers

Currently applies to U.S. only


Ecma Standards Industry Benefits

Establishing a single, global, interoperable UWB standard

Setting a precedence for other regions to consider when developing UWB regulations

Alleviating obstacles caused by a defragmented industry with varying proprietary UWB radios

Enabling consumers to choose devices based on functionality and brand instead of requiring consumers to learn/understand various, incompatible UWB radios

Building the market opportunity


What is Ecma International?

Launched in 1961, non-profit industry association

Develops standards for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Consumer Electronics (CE)

Pioneer of “fast tracking” specifications through the global standardization process

Strong ties to ISO, ISO/IEC and ETSI

Example notable standards include: Near field communication DVD interchange Various scripting languages


WiMedia Alliance & Ecma International

WiMedia Alliance is not a partner/member of Ecma International or vice versa.

Several individuals who are active members of the WiMedia Alliance are also active members of Ecma International (referred to as “shared members”).

Ecma International’s UWB work precedes shared members’ contributions.

Shared members and Ecma International engineers devising UWB standards began collaborating in early 2005.

August 2005 marked review period of final UWB standards proposals. Standards based on WiMedia UWB specifications.


Next Steps Regarding Standardization

Adopt Ecma International standards ECMA-368 & ECMA-369

Shared members continue working with Ecma International to bring ECMA-368 and ECMA-369 through ISO process

Finalize certification and interoperability program supporting ECMA-368 and ECMA-369

Continue liaising with various regional regulatory bodies


About WiMedia Alliance

The leading global organization driving industry-wide activities for the development and adoption of high speed WPAN solutions using UWB technology.


About WiMedia Alliance

Established in 2002

Dedicated to promoting the pervasiveness of UWB technology into the CE, PC and mobile markets

Develops and adopts open, standards-based specifications for connecting wireless multimedia devices

Merged with the MultiBand OFDM Alliance Special Interest Group on March 3, 2005

Consists of the original IEEE UWB authors and many other contributors


WiMedia Alliance Objectives

Promote and enable the rapid adoption and standardization of UWB worldwide

Promote worldwide UWB spectrum regulations

Maintain a neutral and open forum for the establishment of requirements, specifications and best practices


Top Industry Support

Promoter Members


WiMedia Alliance Membership*

Aalborg University - Communications Dept. Adamya Computing Technologies Pvt., Ltd. Adaptive Labs, Inc. Adimos Advance Data Technology Corporation Advanced Resources Corporation Advantest Corporation Agere Systems Alcor Micro, Corp. Alereon, Inc. Allion Computer Inc. A-Logics Alpha Networks, Inc. Analog Devices Artimi Inc. Asahi Glass Company Co., Ltd. Blind Creek Associates Blue7 Communications Broadcom Corporation BroadVision Technologies Inc.

Cambridge Consultants Cambridge Silicon Radio, Plc Canon Inc. Catalyst Enterprises, Inc. CCI Security Group Cellink Co. Ltd. Centre for Wireless Communications Centro de Tecnologia de las Comunicaciones S.A.

(CETECOM) Clasma Events, Inc. Comit Systems, Inc. ComNets, Chair of Communication Networks, RWTH

Aachen University Comscient Group Concentric Technology Solutions, Inc. Concrete Logic Creative Labs, Inc. Datang Microelectronics Technology Ltd. Electronics Testing Center, Taiwan Ellisys sarl ESRD of CSIST ETRI Electronics and Telecommunications Research

Institute

* 178 Members as of December 2005


WiMedia Alliance Membership

ETS Product Service (USA), Inc. Extended Systems of Idaho, Inc. Faraday Technology Corporation FDK Corporation Flipr Networks FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. Fractus Fuji Electric Device Technology Co., Ltd. Fujitsu Limited GCTIberica General Atomics Globalintech Inc. Guardian Technologies Pty Ltd HCL Technologies Ltd HelloSoft, Inc. Hewlett-Packard Company Himico Solutions, Inc. Hitachi, Ltd. Ubiquitous Platform Systems R&D

Laboratory Homer Technology, Inc Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research

Institute Company Limited

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of EEE

Horner Networks, LLC Icron Technologies Corporation Industrial Technology Research Institute Infineon Technologies NA Infinite Data Storage Ltd Infinite Data Storage Ltd Institute for Infocomm Research Institute for Information Industry Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering,

National Cheng Kung University Intel Corporation Interactive Homes, Inc. ITI Techmedia Limited J&S Telecoms Int. J.D. Taylor Associates J3 Engineering Jabil Circuit KETI (Korea Electronics Technology Institute) Kodak Konica Minolta Technology, U.S.A.



La Salle LeCroy Corporation LG Electronics, Inc. Lite-On Technology Corp. LittleAt Pte Ltd. LSI Logic Corporation LucidPORT MCCI MET Laboratories MewTel Technology Inc. Microsoft Corporation MindTree Consulting PVT. LTD MIPS Technologies, Inc. MITAC International Corporation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MLWizard Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. National Institute of Information and Communications

Technology NEC Electronics Corporation NeoView Technology Inc

Netplan A/S Nokia Corporation NTT MCL, Inc. NVIDIA Corporation Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Olympus Communication Technology of America Omron Corporation Open Interface North America, Inc. OrangeWare Corporation PeerLink Corp. Philips Phison Electronics Corp. Pinpoint Technologies, Inc. PMTC Progress Software Q3 Wireless Inc Raritan Computer, Inc. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Redpine Signals, Inc. RF Micro Devices, Inc.



Ricoh Company, Ltd. Rohde & Schwarz Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Seiko Epson Corp. SGS TAIWAN LTD Sharp Laboratories of America Silex Technology America, Inc. Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation SkillsUnited Sony Corporation Spansion Staccato Communications STMicroelectronics Stonestreet One Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd. Synopsys Inc. Tadlys TDK Corporation Technische Universität München

TecStar Company, MACNICA, Inc. Teknosarus Embedded Systems Tektronix, Inc. Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) TES Electronic Solutions Texas Instruments, Inc. Thales Joint Systems The Aerospace Corporation The Ether Group The Institute of Information Science Academia Sinica Toshiba Corporation Transdimension TRDA, Inc TRLabs TZero Technologies University of Maryland UMEC Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Universidad Publica de Navarra University of Pretoria



UnWiredConnect Technologies (P) Ltd.USCredentialVIA Networking TechnologyVinChip SystemsVirage LogicVistapex TechnologiesWiLinx CorporationWiMorph Communications Inc.Winbond ElectronicsWionics Research - Realtek GroupWipro LimitedWiQuest CommunicationsWisair Ltd.wiSight MobilitywiSight, Inc.Wisme, Inc.XtremeRFYokogawa Electric Corporation

Membership growth rate of

more than 220% since March

2005


WiMedia’s UWB Ecosystem

From Standardization to Products

Each critical element of the WiMedia UWB Ecosystem is represented by various WiMedia Alliance members.

Product testing tools

Certification testing programs

Interoperable silicon

Application-level support

Chipsets

Software

…and more

WiMedia members are high-caliber, brand

leaders in each field


WiMedia’s UWB Ecosystem

From Standardization to Products

Industry organization approach: minimizes potential for bottlenecking the process

creates new market opportunities for all related industry players

A competitive marketplace in which consumers will be able to choose from a variety of:

Products

Manufacturers

Differentiating product functions

End Result?


WiMedia Alliance Deliverables

PHY Specification Published; Available to members

MAC Specification Approaching review; Estimated delivery: Q4 2005

WiMCA Specification Approaching review; Estimated delivery: Q4 2005

WiNET Specification Approaching review; Estimated delivery: Q4 2005

Certification & Interoperability Program Testing suites in development for WiMedia specification usage in WUSB

& W1394 applications Testing suites in development for wireless IP UWB technology stack

IP-based application profiles


MB-OFDM provides the best performance for the environments under which UWB-based applications will be operating.

MB-OFDM provides the best performance for the environments under which UWB-based applications will be operating.

OFDM is the UWB SolutionOFDM invented more than 40 years agoOFDM a robust and PROVEN technology OFDM adopted by important international standards:

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) and VDSL services Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcast:

– DVB in Europe and ISDB in Japan IEEE 802.11a/g, 802.16a, Power Line Networking (HomePlug)

OFDM variant recently won out over the CAP approachBecause OFDM is suitable for high data-rate systems, it is

also being considered for the following standards: Fourth-generation (4G) wireless services IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.16 (WiMax) and IEEE 802.20


PHY Specification

Data Rates Rate selectable between 55 and 480 Mbps Scalable for higher rates (beyond 1Gbps)

Power Consumption Long battery life with low power consumption RX and TX modes

Cost Implemented in standard semiconductor processes (CMOS) Highly integrated single chip solution opportunities

Range > 20 meters in AWGN > 10 meters in dense multipath

Global Solution Flexible band plan and use of OFDM subcarriers allows for “spectrum shaping” which can

be used to meet worldwide regulatory requirements

Scalability Tunable system for higher performance, lower cost and power consumption

Modulation MultiBand OFDM with QPSK on subcarriers Excellent performance in severe multipath


MAC Specification

Distributed channel access and distributed management of network resources

Ad-hoc mesh and peer-to-peer networking No need of central controller

QoS support for: Isochronous Asynchronous traffic

Enabling mobility within the mesh without interruption of QoS transmissions

Supports simultaneous operating piconets (SoP)Four levels of power saving for optimized system power

consumptionStraight-forward design supports low-cost device implementations


PHY-MAC Interface Specification

Highlights: Simple State Machine Model

Control Interface

Data Interface

CCA Interface

Register Interface

Synchronous I/F Minimum # signal lines Sleep & Active States Flexible expression of frame exchange and

IFS control

OFF

RESET

STANDBYSLEEP

READYTRANSMIT RECEIVE

Power On Reset

PHY_RESET

Note: Transition to STANDBY occurs whenPHY_RESET operations have completed

PMLevel = SLEEP

TX_EN & RX_EN

PMLevel =STANDBY

PMLevel =READY

TX_EN & RX_EN TX_EN & RX_EN

TX_EN & RX_EN

PMLevel =SLEEP

TX_EN & RX_EN

& PHY_ACTIVE

PHY MAC

TX_EN

RX_EN

PHY_ACTIVE

PHY_RESET

STOPC

Control Interface

CCA_STATUS

CCA Interface

SERIAL_DATA

Management Interface

PCLK

DATA_EN

DATA[7:0]

Data Interface


WiMedia UWB Platform

PAL: Protocol Adaptation Layer

WiMedia UWB Radio Platform

&/or

PAL PAL WiNET

&/or &/or

PAL

IP

MAC & Policies

UWB PHY (MB-OFDM)


Killer Applications

Virtual wireless multimedia connectivity


Certified Wireless USB Certification and Compliance

Only the WiMedia UWB Common Radio Platform is supported by Certified Wireless USB

Certified Wireless USB certification and compliance testing, and logo licensing will be done by USB Implementer’s Forum

WiMedia will provide test suite for USB-IF to test for PHY, MAC and WiMedia conformance.

Interoperability lab launched


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