Pulse~LINK Demonstrates UWB Wireless, Cable and Power Line Communications at ITU-R Global Conference on Ultra Wideband
Demonstrations of New High Bandwidth Technology Showcase Opportunities for Connected Home
Boston, MA., June 15, 2004 - Pulse~LINK, Inc., a leading Ultra Wideband (UWB) chipset developer, conducted demonstrations of its UWB Wireless, Cable and Power Line communications last week at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Global Conference on Ultra Wideband. The conference, taking place June 9 - 18, 2004 at the Sheraton Hotel in Boston, was hosted by Uraxs Communications in cooperation with the with the FCC and NTIA. More than 300 worldwide regulators from over thirty countries were in attendance at the conference to address international standards and recommendations for Ultra Wideband and the benefits of global adoption of the technology.
Pulse~LINK demonstrations were conducted to showcase opportunities for high bandwidth home networking using its UWB wired and wireless technologies. Pulse~LINK is the first to introduce longer range UWB communications for Wireless Local Area Networking (WLAN), beyond the sub-10 meter Wireless Personal Area Network applications defined by other UWB approaches. The Company is also the sole developer of UWB for cable television networks and across home electric power lines. The final product will enable all three technologies to work simultaneously from a single Software Defined Cognitive Radio (SDCR) chipset for high quality wired and wireless connectivity of devices throughout the home.
Approved for commercial use by the FCC in February 2002, Ultra Wideband technology has the ability to transmit data between electronics equipment and appliances at much higher speeds than most traditional communications. Because of its high data rate capabilities, UWB is ideal for high-quality multimedia networking between devices such as personal digital video recorders (DVRs), High Definition Televisions (HDTVs), Computers, PDAs, DVD players and entertainment content from cable or satellite set-top boxes. These strengths are combined with low power requirements and UWB's ability to peacefully coexist alongside other networking technologies.
Pulse~LINK conducted its UWB cable demonstrations at the conference by replicating a small version of an entire CATV infrastructure featuring multiple streams of standard cable television feeds operating simultaneously in the presence of UWB enabled HDTV content. The cable network demonstration consisted of off-the-shelf CATV equipment beginning at the "Cable Operator's head-end" where the UWB signal was injected into a standard combiner, up-converted for transmission across fiber optic cable to a "field node," down-converted for transmission through more than 1000 feet of coax cable and two "field amplifiers," through several splitters and into a "digital living room" where both the UWB HDTV broadcasts and standard CATV broadcasts were displayed.
UWB Cable promises foreseeable data rates in excess of 1Gbps downstream and hundreds of megabits per node upstream across the entire metropolitan area cable network without changes to the existing cable TV infrastructure.
Pulse~LINK also demonstrated the ability to transmit UWB HDTV content over existing power lines within the home by transmitting an HDTV signal via UWB across an active power line into a power strip plugged into a standard wall outlet, then back out of the power strip across another active power line and into a High Definition Television. Foreseeable data rates in excess of 100 Mbps for this entirely new UWB application would provide significantly increased capacity over existing power line technologies, which tend to operate at about 8Mbps.
Because of its high data rate and low power consumption, UWB is the first wireless technology to enable high quality multimedia streaming of HDTV. Pulse~LINK's Wireless UWB demonstration showcased simultaneous transmissions of two HDTV programs from one UWB wireless radio into separate HDTVs. Pulse~LINK's chipset will deliver 1 Gigabit wireless data rates. The Company also unveiled its first test silicon, which will support the simultaneous operation of UWB Cable, Power Line and Wireless LAN from the same chipset.
In addition to Pulse~LINK's demonstrations of its technology, John Santhoff, Pulse~LINK Founder and Chief Technology Officer, addressed conference attendees on the importance of a Common Signaling Mode (CSM) for Ultra Wideband. A CSM, initially proposed by Pulse~LINK, would enable global interoperability of UWB devices by providing a protocol for multiple dissimilar UWB physical layers to co-exist.
http://www.pulselink.netAbout Pulse~LINK, Inc.
Pulse~LINK, Inc. is a privately held Delaware Corporation
headquartered in Carlsbad, California, with nearly 300 issued and
pending patents pertaining to UWB wired and wireless
communications technology. Pulse~LINK's CWave® solution provides
up to Gigabit data rates over coax and wireless networks from the
same chipset, enabling consumers the unprecedented ability to
stream and distribute high quality multimedia content throughout
the home. CWave® solutions have the ability to support both 1394
and Gigabit Ethernet over coax as well as wireless HDMI. For
additional information about Pulse~LINK, Inc., please visit: http://www.pulselink.net.
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