Short–Range Wireless Communications – Emerging Technologies and Applications

Dr Marcos Katz, VTT, Finland Dr Katz received his PhD from University of Oulu, Finland in 2002. He has 20 years of experience in the field of wireless communications (industry, academia and, research institutions). He has edited 2 books and published widely in journals and conferences. He is currently a Technical Manager of EU FP6 Integrated Project dealing with new WiMAX scenarios, technical solutions and test-beds. He is developing multiantenna solutions for new WiMAX scenarios (environmental monitoring), and is also involved in exploring novel WiMAX architectures exploiting cooperation. Professor Rolf Kraemer, Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus, Germany Professor Kraemer headed the department of Telecommunication Systems and Multimedia Services at Philips Research in Hamburg and Aachen from 1985-1998. Since 1998 he holds the chair of (wireless) systems at the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus. Additionally, he is department head of the wireless multimedia communications department at the IHP (Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics) in Frankfurt (Oder). In this position he leads a team of 25 R&D professionals in Frankfurt (Oder) with core competence in communications, electronic and VHDL design, protocol and application engineering for wireless communication, and expanding into networking and multimedia.

Table of Contents Short-Range Wireless Communications: Emerging Technologies and Applications Editors: Rolf Kraemer and Marcos Katz Preface Acknowledgements Forewords Part I Introduction 1. Introduction 2. Design Rules for Future Short-Range Communication Systems Part II UWB Communications: State-of-the-Art, Challenges and Visions Edited by Thomas Kaiser 3. UWB Propagation Channels 4. Pulse Shaping and Diversity 5. Non-Coherent Detection 6. Transmit Reference UWB Systems 7. Multiband Modulation in UWB Systems 8. Design of Synchronization Algorithms for UWB Systems 9. An Overview of UWB Systems with MIMO 10. UWB Localization Algorithms 11. UWB Transceiver for Indoor Localization 12. UWB Higher Layers 13. UWB Sensor Networks for Position Location and Imaging of Objects and Environments 14. Low Power UWB Hardware 15. Analog-to-Digital Converters for UWB 16. UWB Co-Existence Scenarios 17. UWB Regulation and Standardization Part III 60 GHz Communication Systems: Concepts and Implementation Aspects ( Edited by Eckhard Grass 18. An Introduction to 60 GHz Communication Systems: Regulation and Services, Channel Propagation and Advanced Baseband Algorithms 19. Modulation techniques and system architectures for multi-Gb/s 60 GHz radios 20. System Concepts and Circuits for 60 GHz OFDM Transceiver 21. Enabling Technologies for 60 GHz Communications: Front-end Friendly Air Interface Design, Full CMOS Integration and System-in-a-package 22. Adaptive Arrays, Assembly Techniques and Compensation of Non-Linearities for 60GHz Technology 23. Improving Power Amplifier Utilization in mm-Wave Wireless Multicarrier Transmission Part IV Emerging Concepts in Short-Range Communications 24. Ultra-Wideband Radio over Optical Fiber 25. Visible Light Communications