Coexistence of IEEE Std 802.15.6TM-2012 UWB-PHY with other UWB systems

Abstract

The paper describes a coexistence study of IEEE Std 802.15.6-2012 UWB devices with other UWB systems, in particular IEEE Std 802.15.4a-2007 (pico-nets) devices and IEEE 802.15.4f-2012 (RFID) devices. The recently published IEEE Std 802.15.6™-2012 includes IR-UWB and FM-UWB technologies. The IR-UWB transceivers for BANs are based on the transmission of a single and relative long pulse per symbol (new paradigm in UWB) or a concatenation or burst of short pulses per symbol (legacy), while FM-UWB transceivers are based on the concatenation of a CP-2FSK signal and a wideband FM signal. Thus, coexistence between UWB devices becomes very important for reliable operation in medical applications.