Ultra wideband (UWB) is anticipated to be widely adopted in PC peripherals (e.g. Wireless USB) and consumer electronics products, providing shared access to the radio medium, with QoS, power management and security features. ASTRI’s UWB R&D includes the development of a WiMedia-compliant multi-band OFDM UWB platform solution. This flexible and scalable UWB design platform features 4 patent-pending advanced algorithms, providing multi-hop capability, efficient transmission power control, intelligent resource scheduling and dynamic bandwidth allocation functionalities.

Using this advanced UWB platform as a basis, sophisticated solutions for various applications, such as wireless USB or wireless multimedia products, can be built. The platform becomes an adaptable design as the capabilities and functions for different products can be incorporated as required, generating competitive derivative designs in terms of performance and cost-effectiveness.