Key deficiencies in today's wireless technologies hindering immediate realisation of the IST vision "Optimally Connected Anywhere, Anytime" are limited spectral resources, missing functional features, high power consumption and cost. Luckily, an alternate but somewhat disruptive wireless technology capable to leapfrog this unsatisfactory state of "Pervasive Computing and Communication" is about to emerge: Ultra-wideband Radio Technology (UWB-RT). PULSERS - an industry led initiative built on the enthusiastic response and selection of 30 key industrial and academic organisations - will explore, develop and exploit the large technological and application potential of UWB-RT and contribute towards consensus building processes on coexistence and standardisation issues.
The project's strategic, scientific and technological objectives are defined to strengthen Europe's knowledge base and readiness to successfully exploit the benefits of UWB-RT. Based on typical and novel application scenarios, PULSERS will develop advanced systems and usage concepts and deliver innovative enabling physical layer and medium access technologies. The project embraces two complementary application scenarios by judiciously trading achievable data rate versus range and using UWB-RT's unique capability to fuse communication and positioning:1) larger range systems with lower data rates combined with localisation and tracking (LDR-LT);2) systems offering high and very high data rates (HDR/VHDR) over shorter range.
In the HDR space, data rates of well beyond the state-of-the-art is an ultimate target, while localisation accuracies below 30cm are aimed for in the LDR-LT space. Through leveraging of investments and results from related projects in IST/FP5 and by assembling a critical mass of key European and international researchers and engineers, PULSERS is well poised to achieve a lasting scientific and technological impact towards the beneficial use of UWB-RT by all.
| Participant Organization: CONSORZIO UNIVERSITA INDUSTRIA - LABORATORI DI RADIOCOMUNICAZIONI |
Country: ITALY |
| Participant Organization: EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH |
Country: SWITZERLAND |
| Participant Organization: ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS |
Country: FRANCE |
| Participant Organization: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN |
Country: GERMANY |
| Participant Organization: TELEFONICA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA UNIPERSONAL |
Country: SPAIN |
| Participant Organization: UNIVERSITAET KARLSRUHE (TH) |
Country: GERMANY |
| Participant Organization: INFOCOMM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE |
Country: SINGAPORE |
| Participant Organization: IMPULSE TECHNOLOGIES |
Country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Participant Organization: TES ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS GMBH |
Country: GERMANY |
| Participant Organization: WISAIR LTD. |
Country: ISRAEL |
| Participant Organization: IHP GMBH - INNOVATIONS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE MICROELECTRONICS / INSTITUT FUER INNOVATIVE MIKROELEKTRONIK |
Country: GERMANY |
| Participant Organization: PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NEDERLAND B.V. |
Country: NETHERLANDS |
| Participant Organization: OULUN YLIOPISTO |
Country: FINLAND |
| Participant Organization: STMICROELECTRONICS N.V., AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, SUCCURSALE DE PLAN-LES-OUATES |
Country: SWITZERLAND |
| Participant Organization: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER EUROPE B.V. |
Country: FRANCE |
| Participant Organization: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE |
Country: FRANCE |
| Participant Organization: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA" |
Country: ITALY |
| Participant Organization: FUNDACION ROBOTIKER |
Country: SPAIN |
| Participant Organization: ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES TECHNIQUES AVANCEES |
Country: FRANCE |
| Participant Organization: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET ILMENAU |
Country: GERMANY |
| Participant Organization: FREESCALE HALBLEITER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH |
Country: GERMANY |
| Participant Organization: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "TOR VERGATA" |
Country: ITALY |
| Participant Organization: IBM RESEARCH GMBH |
Country: SWITZERLAND |
| Participant Organization: INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH |
Country: SINGAPORE |
| Participant Organization: THALES COMMUNICATIONS S.A. |
Country: FRANCE |
| Participant Organization: PHILIPS ELECTRONICS UK LIMITED |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
| Participant Organization: ADVANCED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, S.A. |
Country: SPAIN |
| Participant Organization: IMST GMBH |
Country: GERMANY |
| Participant Organization: INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS |
Country: GREECE |
| Participant Organization: MOTOROLA SAS |
Country: FRANCE |
| Participant Organization: TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND |
Country: FINLAND |
