Pulse~LINK Unveils First UWB Wireless LAN Prototype
Demonstration of Longer-Range Wireless LAN Communications Proves Significant Advancements in UWB Industry
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 23, 2003 - San Diego based Pulse~LINK Inc. conducted a public demonstration of an Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless transceiver prototype yesterday, showing an unprecedented 125 Megabit data rate transmission at 20 meters compliant with FCC power and spectrum regulations. Several major US and Japanese corporations were witness to an advance look at the first UWB Wireless Local Area Networking technology (WLAN) that is compliant with the FCC spectrum mask for wireless UWB emissions. Real time, two-way, full motion video, sound and Internet browsing over a transmission range exceeding 50 meters was also demonstrated.
Although the demonstration was primarily to introduce the WLAN platform to the UWB industry, it was also intended to be informational in nature to challenge the widely held belief that UWB is only capable of achieving a ten-meter transmission range under the current FCC rules. Pulse~LINK maintains that there is nothing in the FCC rules on UWB, or physics, that limits UWB to a ten meter range and is the only UWB company to demonstrate a WLAN (up to 100 meter) vs. WPAN (up to 10 meter) transmission.
The demonstration was done in the presence of commercial GPS units, Wi-Fi, cellular, two-way radio and Bluetooth equipment with no demonstrable degradation in performance to any of the technologies represented. The prototype functions as a development system for Pulse~LINK's Wireless Local Area Network chipset solution.
The Pulse~LINK prototype used in the demonstration is fundamentally a Software Defined Radio (SDR) for Ultra Wideband. Significant additional features and demonstrable advancements in performance will be achieved in the near term through software upgrades presently underway. The ability to define performance and functionality through software, rather than hardware, is a key objective of Pulse~LINK's UWB SDR platform. The use of such a platform will support a more robust evolution for UWB technology by allowing features and functionalities to be implemented into the chipset as a software abstraction, even after chipsets have been deployed and are functioning in units.
"Since forming the company, one of Pulse~LINK's primary goals for UWB communications has been the pursuit of high data rates at long transmission ranges," adds Pulse~LINK Chief Technology Officer John Santhoff. "It is admittedly more difficult to achieve but nonetheless possible." The pursuit of high performance WLAN defines a large portion of the Company's patent portfolio.
The same prototype platform used for this demonstration will also serve, through additional software upgrades, as field demonstration units for the Company's UWB-over-Cable and UWB-over-electrical wire technology by early next year. Last year, Pulse~LINK became the first company to announce the pioneering application of UWB-over-wire, an application that is covered by a large base of patents held by Pulse~LINK. Through its proprietary Bridged Ultra Wideband Architecture ™ (BUWBA™), the company believes that UWB-wireless, UWB-cable, UWB-electric and possibly UWB-over-telephone wire can all be delivered from the same chipset.
In addition to having agreements to supply its UWB technology to customers for highly secure WLAN applications, Pulse~LINK's integrated wired and wireless networking is planned for home and office use. The increasing demand for wireless connectivity of computers, entertainment systems, the Internet, appliances, and other wireless services has created a great need for a high capacity, low-power solution for next generation communications in all walks of life.
About 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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