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Does UWB Deserve a Second Chance?

Posted on June 12, 2008

Mistake were made when hyping Ultra-wideband over the past few years. However, UWB may get a second chance as streaming media becomes more important and computers become more portable. I spent yesterday at the Portable Computer and Communications Association meeting in Austin learning about UWB as a wireless personal area network. I???m not a big believer in the technology so far, but was heartened by the admission of speakers who pointed out that the first implementations of the technology sucked.UWB has its benefits. It s low power and high bandwidth with theoretical limits of 480 Mbps ove...

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