An ultra-wideband approach towards autonomous radio control and positioning systems in manufacturing & logistics processes

Abstract

Until UWB became a widely spread subject of research, wireless telecommunications applications were driven by the need to make highly efficient use of spectrum resources, that existed only in scarce quantities. In order to avoid "chaos" in the few allocated frequency bands, standards relying much on the central management of the available resource were considered the appropriate regulative. However, it turned out that there are complex technical and acceptance problems to be solved in the attempt to spectrally and temporally manage wireless applications of the most different kind. Enabled by the UWB regulatory provisions, the paper introduces an alternative approach to spectrum access which gives increased independence to applications and users.