What are some benefits of UWB over other wireless networking
technologies?
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Kate Gerwig, Editorial Director
UWB is a very low power technology that has the ability to penetrate walls and other physical
interferences to radio signals unlike 802.11 and Bluetooth. It also has the ability to transmit
signals over several channels at the same time thus increasing throughput as well as send in very
short bursts to minimize interference with other devices. Right now, UWB is a local area
communications system with a range of 30 feet or so, but that is expected to increase. It is
expected to work for not only local area (and eventually wide area) network communications, but
also for home automation (appliances, multimedia systems, garage doors, etc.), medical imaging, and
automobile detection systems as well.
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This was first published in August 2003