Lutz Lampe (General Chair, University of British Columbia, Canada)
09:10 - 10:10
Keynote 1
Chair: Lutz Lampe (University of British Columbia, Canada)
On the Significance of UWB Wireless Technology for Industrial Users
Donna Leclair (Chief Technology Officer, BC Hydro, Canada)
10:20 - 12:10
W1: 60 GHz
Chair: Jeffrey Foerster (Intel Corporation, USA)
Analysis on Spatial Reuse, Interference, and MAC Layer Interference Mitigation Schemes in 60 GHz Wireless Networks (Invited Paper)
Minyoung Park (Intel Corporation, USA); Praveen Gopalakrishnan (Intel, USA)
Architecture Considerations for 60GHz Wireless Networks (Invited paper)
Candy Yiu (Portland State University, USA); Suresh Singh (Portland State University, USA)
60GHz Waveguide Array Design for MIMO Channel Characterization (Invited paper)
Anna Papio Toda (University of California, Irvine, USA); Franco De Flaviis (University of California, Irvine, USA)
60GHz Entertainment Connectivity Solution (Invited paper)
Joy Laskar (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Multi-Gigabit Communication: the ADC Bottleneck (Invited paper)
Jaspreet Singh (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA); Sandeep Ponnuru (UCSB, USA); Upamanyu Madhow (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
On the Physical Layer Performance of Ecma-387: A standard for 60GHz WPANs (Invited paper)
Alireza Seyedi (University of Rochester, USA)
W2: Waveform Design/Generation
Chair: Robert Qiu (Tennessee Tech University, USA)
Resolving Overlapped UWB Pulses using Novel Non-Chirp UWB Waveforms and Phase-Only Correlator (Invited Paper)
Design and Analysis of a Compact UWB Pulse Generator With Programmable Pulse Shape
Joshua Schwartz (INRS-EMT, Canada); Nicholas Zicha (McGill University, Canada); David Plant (McGill University, Canada); Jose Azana (INRS, Canada)
Arbitrary UWB Pulse Generation and Optimum Matched-Filter Reception
Israel Arnedo (Public University of Navarre, Spain); Joshua Schwartz (INRS-EMT, Canada); Ivan Arregui (Public University of Navarre, Spain); Magdalena Chudzik (Public University of Navarre, Spain); Aintzane Lujambio (Public University of Navarre, Spain); Miguel Laso (Public University of Navarre, Spain); David Plant (McGill University, Canada); Jose Azana (INRS, Canada); Txema Lopetegi (Public University of Navarre, Spain)
Wideband Waveform Optimization for Energy Detector Receiver with Practical Considerations
Zhen Hu (Tennessee Technological University, USA); Nan Guo (Tennessee Tech University, USA); Robert Qiu (Tennessee Tech University, USA)
Modeling and Simulation of a Powerful Signal Generator in Terahertz Regime
Hai Zhang (Xi'an Jiaotong University,China, P.R. China); Jianguo Wang (Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, P.R. China)
Generation of Gaussian Monocycles and Doublets by Delay Line Fiters in 50-Ohm Technique
Bernhard Enning (Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
W3: Interference 1
Chair: Jocelyn Fiorina (SUPELEC, France)
Effect of Uncoordinated Network Interference on UWB Autocorrelation Receiver
Alberto Rabbachin (Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Italy); Tony Q. S. Quek (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Ian Oppermann (Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland); Moe Win (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Performance Evaluation of IR-UWB D-Rake Receivers over IEEE 802.15.4a Multipath Fading Channels with Narrow-Band Interference
Marco Di Renzo (Telecommunications Technological Center of Catalonia, Spain); Fortunato Santucci (University of l'Aquila, Italy); Fabio Graziosi (University of l'Aquila, Italy)
On the Robustness of Tc-DTR UWB Receivers to Narrow-Band Interference: Performance Analysis and Guidelines for System Optimization
Marco Di Renzo (Telecommunications Technological Center of Catalonia, Spain); Fabio Graziosi (University of l'Aquila, Italy); Fortunato Santucci (University of l'Aquila, Italy)
UWB Piconet Interference Suppression Using Clustered Ternary Orthogonal Signaling Scheme
Jian Xing Lee (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Francois Chin (Institue for InfoComm Research, Singapore); Yuen Sam Kwok (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Sai Ho Wong (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Liming Niu (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)
A Study on Interference Suppression using Weighting Factors for MB-OFDM systems
An Iterative Multipath Interference Canceller with Linear Equalization for Ultra High Data Rate DS-UWB System
Chunhua Geng (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Yukui Pei (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Ning Ge (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)
W4: Circuits 1
Chair: Joseph Decuir (IEEE Seattle Section, USA)
A Novel Cascode Power Matching Approach for High Efficiency Tapered Traveling Wave Power Amplifiers in SiGe BiCMOS
Benjamin Sewiolo (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany); Georg Fischer (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany); Robert Weigel (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany); Benjamin Waldmann (University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)
Ultra-Wideband CMOS-MEMS radio
Esa Tiiliharju (University of Turku, Finland); Tero Koivisto (University of Turku, Finland); Janne Maunu (University of Turku, Finland); Nikolai Chekurov (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Ilkka Tittonen (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)
Performance of a Simple Architecture of an Analog CMOS Detector for MB-UWB Receiver
A 2 pJ/bit pulsed ILO UWB transmitter at 60 GHz in 65-nm CMOS-SOI
Nicolas Deparis (CEA, France); Alexandre Siligaris (Cea, Leti, Minatec, France); Pierre Vincent (CEA-Leti/Minatec, France); Nathalie Rolland (University of Lille, France)
High Gain CMOS UWB LNA Employing Thermal Noise Cancellation
Mehdi Forouzanfar (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran); Sasan Naseh (Ferdowsi University, Iran); Parvaneh Saeedi (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
14:00 - 15:40
W5: Location and Positioning 1
Chair: Davide Dardari (University of Bologna, Italy)
Impact of IR-UWB Waveform Distortion on NLOS Localization System
Meng Jing (Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, P.R. China)
Statistical Analysis of a UWB Energy Detector for Ranging in IEEE802.15.4a
Thomas Gigl (Graz University of Technology, Austria); Josef Preishuber-Pfluegl (CISC Semiconductor Design+Consulting GmbH, Austria); Klaus Witrisal (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
A Low-Cost Protocol and Application for UWB Localization
Christian Kocks (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Ernest Scheiber (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Dong Xu (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Alexander Viessmann (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Shangbo Wang (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Guido Bruck (University of Duisburg Essen, Germany); Peter Jung (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
A novel approach to the mirroring problem in localization
Waldemar Gerok (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany); Stefan Galler (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany); Thomas Kaiser (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany)
Localization of Passive Target Based on UWB Backscattering Range Measurement (Invited paper)
Chair: Frank Seifert (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Berlin, Germany)
Design and application of dielectrically scaled double-ridged horn antennas for biomedical UWB radar applications
Ulrich Schwarz (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany); Marko Helbig (Ilmenau Technical University, Germany); Jürgen Sachs (Ilmenau Technical University, Germany); Ralf Stephan (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany); Matthias Hein (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany)
Design of Compact Chip Antenna for UWB Applications
Jung-Nam Lee (Hanbat National University, Korea); Jong-Kweon Park (Hanbat National University, Korea); Jin-Suk Kim (Hanbat National University, Korea)
Design and Characterization of a UWB Slot Antenna Optimized for Radiation in Human Tissue
Mario Leib (Ulm University, Germany); Michael Frei (Ulm University, Germany); Dietmar Sailer (Ulm University, Germany); Wolfgang Menzel (University of Ulm, Germany)
Dual-Polarized Antenna Array for UWB Sensor Applications
Grzegorz Adamiuk (University of Karlsruhe, Germany); Malgorzata Janson (Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany); Werner Wiesbeck (University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany); Thomas Zwick (Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany)
A Stacked Patch Antenna for Ultrawideband Operation
Mohammed Nazmus Shakib (University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia); Mohammad Tariqul Islam (Senior Lecturer, Malaysia)
W7: Circuits 2
Chair: Hermann Schumacher (Universität Ulm, Germany)
A 4.6 mW 6.25 - 8.25 GHz RF Transmitter IC for FM-UWB Applications
Marco Detratti (Acorde Technologies S.A, Spain); Ernesto Pérez Serna (ACORDE, Spain); John Gerrits (CSEM, Switzerland); Manuel Lobeira (Advanced Communications Research & Development (ACORDE SA), Spain)
60 GHz Ultra-Wideband Impulse Radio Transmitter
Mats Ärlelid (Lund University, Sweden); Mikael Egard (Lund University, Sweden); Eric Lind (Lund University, Sweden); Lars-Erik Wernersson (Lund University, Sweden)
Power Consumption Trade-offs in Short-distance Wireless Transceivers for Sensor Nodes
Chen Li (Peking University, P.R. China); Marco Crepaldi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Jorge fernandes (Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC, Portugal)
Impulse Based Range-Gated UWB Wireless Transceiver IC in 90nm CMOS for Medical Sensing Applications and Communications
Xubo Wang (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
16:00 - 17:40
W8: Impulse Radio 1
Chair: Fortunato Santucci (University of l'Aquila, Italy)
FM over Impulse Radio UWB
Bernd Schleicher (Ulm University, Germany); Hatem Ghaleb (Ulm University, Germany); Andreas Trasser (Ulm University, Germany); Hermann Schumacher (Universität Ulm, Germany)
Close Range Impulse Radio Beamformer
Øyvind Dahl (University of Oslo, Norway); Håkon Hjortland (University of Oslo, Norway); Tor Sverre Lande (University of Oslo, Norway); Dag Wisland (University of Oslo, Norway)
Detection of Multiple Primary Systems Using DAA UWB-IRs
Serhat Erkucuk (Kadir Has University, Turkey); Lutz Lampe (University of British Columbia, Canada); Robert Schober (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Energy efficient TH-UWB Preamble Detection
Benoit Miscopein (France Telecom, France); Jean-Marie Gorce (INSA-Lyon, France)
A Digital Code Matched Filter-based Non-Coherent Receiver for Low Data Rate TH-PPM-UWB Systems in the Presence of MUI
Nuan Song (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany); Mike Wolf (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany); Martin Haardt (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany)
W9: Channel Modeling and Propagation 1
Chair: Matti Hämäläinen (University of Oulu, Finland)
Analysis of UWB Indoor Environments Using TD-UTD Including Lossy Materials and Multiple Effects
Francisco Saez de Adana (Universidad de Alcala, Spain); Ananda Mohan (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
UWB Channel Characterization using IEEE 802.15.4a Demonstrator System
Thomas Gigl (Graz University of Technology, Austria); Thomas Buchgraber (Graz University of Technology, Austria); Ayse Adalan (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Josef Preishuber-Pfluegl (CISC Semiconductor Design+Consulting GmbH, Austria); Michael Fischer (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Klaus Witrisal (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Directional channel model for ultra-wideband indoor applications
Malgorzata Janson (Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany); Thomas Fuegen (University of Karlsruhe, Germany); Thomas Zwick (Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany); Werner Wiesbeck (University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany)
Ray-tracing correction for Through-the-Wall propagation : Application to UWB positioning
Eric Plouhinec (Ecoles de St-Cyr Coëtquidan, France); Bernard Uguen (Université Rennes I, France)
UWB Propagation Channel Experimental Measurement and Analysis
Yujie Zeng (Lancaster univeristy, United Kingdom); Behshad Memari (Lancaster University, United Kingdom); Bahram Honary (Lancaster University, United Kingdom); Melanie Biggs (QinetiQ, United Kingdom); Clive Harding (QinetiQ, United Kingdom)
W10: Circuits 3
Chair: Laurence Milstein (University of California, San Diego, USA)
A Wide-Band Low Noise Amplifier using Cross-Coupled Technique with Linear in dB Gain-Control
Chia-Hung Chang (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan); Ching-Feng Lee (ITRI, Taiwan); Yu-Lin Tsou (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan)
A Low-Power 3.1-5GHz Ultra-Wideband Low Noise Amplifier Utilizing Miller Effect
Wei Wu (University of Utah, USA); Ondrej Novak (University of Utah, USA); Cameron Charles (University of Utah, USA); Xiaoya Fan (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China)
Low Power High Speed UWB Modem
Ozgur Dural (Qualcomm, Inc, USA); Samir Soliman (Qualcomm, Inc, USA)
A low power feedback LNA for UWB using current bleeding technique
Dimitrios Mavridis (University of Patras, Greece); Michail Papamichail (University of Patras, Greece); Kostas Efstathiou (University of Patras, Greece); George Papadopoulos (University of Patras, Greece)
Low Power UWB Transceivers for ISI Limited Environments: Design and Performance Verification
Chair: Lutz Lampe (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Ultra-wideband Rules Worldwide and in Canada
Salim Hanna (Manager, New Wireless Services, Spectrum Engineering Branch, Industry Canada)
09:40 - 11:00
T1: Low Data Rate
Chair: Dennis Goeckel (University of Massachusetts, USA)
Performance Evaluations for Differential Code-Shifted Reference Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Radio (Invited paper)
Hong Nie (University of Northern Iowa, USA); Zhizhang (David) Chen (Dalhousie University, Canada)
A Compressed Sensing Receiver for Bursty Communication with UWB Impulse Radio (Invited paper)
Anand Oka (Universiy of British Columbia, Canada); Lutz Lampe (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Ranging Algorithm for the IEEE 802.15.4a Standard (Invited paper)
Antonio Alberto D'Amico (University of Pisa, Italy); Umberto Mengali (University of Pisa, Italy); Lorenzo Taponecco (University of PISA, Italy)
A Unified Framework for Reference-Based Ultra-Wideband Signaling (Invited paper)
Kyle Morrison (University of Massachusetts, USA); Cagatay Capar (University of Massachusetts, USA); Zhiguo Lai (NewLANS, Inc., USA); Dennis Goeckel (University of Massachusetts, USA); Robert Jackson (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
T2: MIMO 1
Chair: Andrea Giorgetti (University of Bologna, Italy)
On the MSI Mitigation for MIMO UWB Time Reversal Systems
Hieu Nguyen (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany); Zhao Zhao (University of Hannover, Germany)
A Study on Pre/Post-Rake Transmission in MIMO-UWB-IR System
Jun Hioki (Tokyo University of Science, Japan); Hiroyoshi Ohno (Tokyo University of Science, Japan); Masaya Sasaki (Tokyo University of Science, Japan); Kohei Ohno (Tokyo University of Science, Japan); Makoto Itami (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
Novel High-Rate Transmit Diversity Schemes for MIMO IR-UWB and Delay-Tolerant Decode-and-Forward IR-UWB Transmissions
Chadi Abou-Rjeily (Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon)
Introducing Erasures in MIMO with Successive Interference Cancellation to Reduce Error Propagation
Matteo Fabbri (University of Bologna, Italy); Marco Chiani (University of Bologna, Italy); Andrea Giorgetti (University of Bologna, Italy)
T3: Channel Modeling and Propagation 2
Chair: Klaus Witrisal (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Channel Modeling and BER Performance for Wearable and Implant UWB Body Area links on Chest (Invited paper)
Qiong Wang (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan); Kenichiro Masami (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan); Jianqing Wang (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
On the Measurement and Simulations of the Frequency Dependent Path Loss and MB-OFDM (Invited paper)
Rafael Cepeda (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd, United Kingdom); William Thompson (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Mark Beach (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Joe McGeehan (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
Ultrawideband Spatio-Temporal Area Propagation Measurements and Modeling
Katsuyuki Haneda (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Jun-ichi Takada (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan); Kenichi Takizawa (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Pertti Vainikainen (Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Finland)
Effect of Body Motion and the Type of Antenna on the Measured UWB Channel Characteristics in Medical Applications of Wireless Body Area Networks
Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn (University of Oulu, Finland); Carlos Pomalaza-Ráez (University of Oulu, Finland); Raffaello Tesi (Centre for Wireless Communications, Finland); Matti Hämäläinen (University of Oulu, Finland); Jari Iinatti (University of Oulu, Finland)
Concurrent Transmissions in IR-UWB Networks: an Experimental Validation
James Colli-Vignarelli (EPFL, Switzerland); Jerome Vernez (School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD), Switzerland); Ruben Merz (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany); Catherine Dehollain (EPFL, Switzerland); Stephan Robert (University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Switzerland); Jean-Yves Le Boudec (EPFL, Switzerland)
Outage Optimal Node Placement in Ultra Wideband Sensor Networks
Ghasem Naddafzadeh Shirazi (University of British Columbia, Canada); Lutz Lampe (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Performance Evaluation of OFDM and Impulse-Radio Ultra-Wideband over Fiber Distribution for In Building Networks
Marta Beltran (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Maria Morant (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Joaquin Perez (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Roberto Llorente (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)
Space-Time Focusing Transmission in Ultra-wideband Cooperative Relay Networks (Invited paper)
One Step Impulse Radio Ultra-WideBand Positioning Algorithm
Hai Zhan (Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA, Switzerland); Jean-Yves Le Boudec (EPFL, Switzerland); Jaouhar Ayadi (CSEM, Switzerland); John Farserotu (CSEM, Switzerland)
On the Scheduling of Ranging and Distributed Positioning Updates in Cooperative IR-UWB Networks
Glenn MacGougan (University of Calgary, Canada); Kyle O'Keefe (University of Calgary, Canada); Richard Klukas (University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada)
T6: Antennas 2
Chair: David Michelson (University of British Columbia, Canada)
A Novel Ultra-Wideband Circular Slot Antenna Excited with a Dipole Element
Mario Leib (Ulm University, Germany); Michael Frei (Ulm University, Germany); Wolfgang Menzel (University of Ulm, Germany)
Patch Loaded Tri-Monopole Wideband Antenna for Mobile Applications
Dong Wang (Research In Motion, Canada); Qinjiang Rao (Research In Motion, Canada)
Omnidirectional Pulse Dispersion of Planar Circular Monopoles
A Planar Monopole UWB Antenna with Switchable Band-Rejection Feature
Alexander Vasylchenko (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium); Luis Cuevas (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium); Xavier Rottenberg (IMEC, Belgium); Walter Raedt (IMEC, Belgium); Guy Vandenbosch (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
200GHz Broadband Proximity Coupled Patch Antenna
Adel Emhemmed (Glasgow University, United Kingdom); Ian McGregor (Glasgow University, United Kingdom); Khaled Elgaid (Glasgow University, United Kingdom)
T7: Circuits 4
Chair: David Wentzloff (University of Michigan, USA)
Generation of Arbitrary UWB Waveforms: A Low Complexity Optical Approach
Mohammad Abtahi (Laval University, Canada); Mansour Dastmalchi (Université Laval, Canada); Sophie LaRochelle (Université Laval, Canada); Leslie Rusch (Laval University, Canada)
Flexible FPGA-DSP solution for an IR-UWB testbed
Ciprian Gavrincea (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain); Xavier Artiga (Centre tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Ana Moragrega (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain); Christian Ibars (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya - CTTC, Spain); Marco Di Renzo (Telecommunications Technological Center of Catalonia, Spain)
Fully Tunable UWB Pulse Generator with Zero DC Power Consumption
Remy Vauche (IM2NP - University of Aix-Marseille I, France); Sylvain Bourdel (L2MP, France); Nicolas Dehaese (University of Aix-Marseille III, France); Olivier Fourquin (University of Aix-Marseille I, France); Jean Gaubert (L2MP, France)
Photonic Generation and Envelope Detection of Millimeter-Wave Ultra-Wideband Impulse-Radio employing Mach-Zehnder Modulators
Marta Beltran (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Rakesh Sambaraju (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Antonio La Porta (Teleoptix, B.U. of Linkra s.r.l. , Cornate d'Adda (MI), Italy); Roberto Llorente (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Joaquin Perez (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)
T8: Signal Processing
Chair: Norman Beaulieu (University of Alberta, Canada)
Radio Architecture for Parallel Processing of Extremely High Speed Data
Shaofang Gong (Linkoping University, Sweden); Magnus Karlsson (Linköping University, Sweden); Adriana Serban (Linkoping University, Sweden); Joakim Östh (Linköping University, Sweden); Owais Owais (Linköping University, Sweden); Jaap Haartsen (Univ. of Twente, The Netherlands); Peter Karlsson (Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Sweden)
Filter Design for Spectrum Optimization in Ultra Wideband Systems
Elena Pancera (University of Karlsruhe, Germany); Jens Timmermann (University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Germany); Thomas Zwick (Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany); Werner Wiesbeck (University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany)
Compression Schemes for the Feedback Channel in Multiband-OFDM UWB Systems
Radar and Data Communication Fusion with UWB-OFDM Software-Defined System
Dmitriy Garmatyuk (Miami University, USA); Kyle Kauffman (Miami University, USA)
An MHT algorithm for UWB radar-based multiple human target tracking
SangHyun Chang (California Institute of Technology, USA)
A Feasibility Study on Aortic Pressure Estimation Using UWB Radar
Lars Solberg (Intervensjonssenteret, Oslo universitetssykehus, Norway); Ilangko Balasingham (Oslo University Hospital & NTNU, Norway); Svein-Erik Hamran (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment FFI, Norway); Erik Fosse (Intervensjonssenteret, Oslo universitetssykehus, Norway)
Target Detection Metrics and Tracking for UWB Radar Sensor Networks
Enrico Paolini (DEIS, WiLAB, Univ. of Bologna, Italy); Matteo Mazzotti (DEIS University of Bologna, Italy); Marco Chiani (University of Bologna, Italy); Andrea Giorgetti (University of Bologna, Italy); Riccardo Minutolo (Thales communications Italy, Italy)
Feature Based Indoor Mapping Using a Bat-Type UWB Radar
Wireless Medical Communications Using UWB (Invited paper)
Matti Hämäläinen (University of Oulu, Finland); Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn (University of Oulu, Finland); Raffaello Tesi (Centre for Wireless Communications, Finland); Jari Iinatti (University of Oulu, Finland)
Automotive Active Safety & Comfort Functions using Radar (Invited Paper)
Hans-Ludwig Bloecher (Daimler AG, Germany); Wolfgang Menzel (University of Ulm, Germany)
Multimodal biomedical sensing applying ultra-wideband electromagetic excitation: Utra-wideband sounding of the human myocardium from different radiographic standard positions and simultaneous high resolution electrocardiograhy.
Florian Thiel (PTB Berlin, Germany); Frank Seifert (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Berlin, Germany); Tomasz Lindel (PTB Berlin, Germany); Matthias Hein (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany); Ulrich Schwarz (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany)
Impact of Doppler on UWB-Based Rotor-Telemetry Signal
Amina Ayadi-Miessen (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany); Claus Kupferschmidt (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany); Thomas Kaiser (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany); Hans-Peter Kuchenbecker (University of Hannover, Institut fuer Allgemeine Nachrichtentechnik, Germany)
Ultra-Wideband Printed-Circuit Array Antenna for Medical Monitoring Applications
Chair: Albert Wang (University of California, Riverside, USA)
Differential LC Ladder LNA with Proposed third-Order Active Notch Filter for UWB Band Group1
Yu-Lin Tsou (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan); Horng-Yuan Shih (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan); Chien-Nan Kuo (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan); Chia-Hung Chang (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan)
Ultra Compact Filters for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Applications Using Multilayer Ring Resonators
SeyyedKamal Hashemi (University of Essex, United Kingdom); Dariush Mirshekar (University of Essex, United Kingdom)
Design and Implementation of UWB Bandpass Filter with a Frequency Notch for Choking Back the Interference from Narrow Band Wireless Communication Systems
Chair: Andrea Tonello (University of Udine, Italy)
Clock-Offset Tracking Software Algorithms For IR-UWB Energy-Detection Receivers
Manuel Flury (EPFL, Switzerland); Ruben Merz (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany); Jean-Yves Le Boudec (EPFL, Switzerland)
Impulse UWB Energy Detection Receiver with Energy Offset Synchronization Scheme
Zhuo Zou (KTH-The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Yue Ruan (KTH-The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Li-Rong Zheng (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden); Hannu Tenhunen (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Time Synchronization for OFDM Systems in Very Dispersive Channels
Francesco Renna (University of Padova, Italy); Nicola Laurenti (University of Padova, Italy); Tomaso Erseghe (University of Padova, Italy, Italy)
A Novel Low Power Synchronization Scheme for UWB Impulse Radio Architecture
Zhang Qi (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Yong Lian (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
A Novel Synchronization Algorithm in Ultra-Wideband System
Biao Liu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Tiejun Lv (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)
Soft Detection with Synchronization and Channel Estimation from Hard Quantized Inputs in Impulsive UWB Power Line Communications
Andrea Tonello (University of Udine, Italy); Nicolangelo Palermo (Microtelecom, Italy)
16:30 - 18:00
Panel discussion
Chair: David Michelson (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Will UWB reach its potential in industrial applications?
Friday, Sep 11
08:30 - 09:30
Keynote 3
Chair: Lutz Lampe (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Location-Aware Wireless Networks
Moe Win (Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
09:40 - 10:40
Tutorial
The European Detect and Avoid Approach for UWB
Friedbert Berens (FBConsulting, S.à.r.l. Luxembourg, EU IST Project WALTER and EUWB)
F1: MAC Layer
Chair: Soumya Das (Qualcomm & Rutgers University, USA)
Collision Avoidance Scheme for MB-OFDM using Adaptive Symbol Skipping
Ryosuke Shiozaki (Keio University, Japan); Yukitoshi Sanada (Keio University, Japan)
Joint Cooperative MAC and Routing in IR-UWB Networks
Ghasem Naddafzadeh Shirazi (University of British Columbia, Canada)
F2: Circuits 6
Chair: Hossein Hashemi (University of Southern California, USA)
A 7.2-7.7 GHz FM-UWB Transceiver Prototype (Invited paper)
John Gerrits (CSEM, Switzerland); Hamid Bonakdar (NXP Semiconductors, The Netherlands); Marco Detratti (Acorde Technologies S.A, Spain); Ernesto Pérez Serna (ACORDE, Spain); Manuel Lobeira (Acorde S.A., Spain); Yi Zhao (TU Delft, The Netherlands); Yunzhi Dong (TU Delft, The Netherlands); Gerrit van Veenendaal (NXP Semiconductors, The Netherlands); John Long (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); John Farserotu (CSEM, Switzerland); Erwan Le Roux (CSEM, Switzerland); Cedric Hennemann (CSEM, Switzerland)
Challenges and Opportunities in Ultra Wideband Antenna Array Transceivers for Imaging (Invited paper)
Hossein Hashemi (University of Southern California, USA); Harish Krishnaswamy (Columbia University, USA)
Xin Wang (University of California, Riverside, USA); Bo Qin (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Haolu Xie (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA); Lin Lin (University of California, Riverside, USA); He Tang (University of California, Riverside, USA); Qiang Fang (University of California, Riverside, USA); Hui Zhao (University of California, Riverside, USA); Shijun Wang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Albert Wang (University of California, Riverside, USA); Hongyi Chen (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Bin Zhao (Freescale, USA); Yumei Zhou (CAS, P.R. China); Lee Yang (SMIC, P.R. China)
F3: Forward Error Correction
Chair: Bahram Honary (Lancaster University, United Kingdom)
A Synthesizable IP Core for WiMedia 1.5 UWB LDPC Code Decoding
Matthias Alles (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany); Friedbert Berens (FBConsulting, S.à.r.l. Luxembourg); Norbert Wehn (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
LDPC Iteration Control by Partial Parity Check
William Stoye (Staccato Communications, United Kingdom)
A New Stopping Criterion for the Sphere Decoder in UWB Impulse-Radio Multiple-Symbol Differential Detection
Andreas Schenk (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany); Robert Fischer (University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany); Lutz Lampe (University of British Columbia, Canada)
11:00 - 12:40
F4: Location and Positioning 3
Chair: Gunter Fischer (IHP, Germany)
TOA estimation using UWB with low sampling rate and clock drift calibration (Invited paper)
Yiyin Wang (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Geert Leus (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Hakan Delic (Bogazici University, Turkey)
A Low-Complexity UWB Receiver Concept for TOA Based Indoor Ranging (Invited paper)
Giovanni Bellusci (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Gerard Janssen (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Junlin Yan (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Christian Tiberius (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Ziv-Zakai Bound on Time-of-Arrival Estimation with Statistical Channel Knowledge at the Receiver (Invited paper)
Davide Dardari (University of Bologna, Italy); Moe Win (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
A Bayesian Approach to Respiration Rate Estimation via Pulse-Based Ultra-Wideband Signals (Invited paper)
Hamza Soganci (Bilkent University, Turkey); Sinan Gezici (Bilkent University, Turkey); Orhan Arikan (Bilkent University, Turkey)
Spatial Behavior of UWB Channel Pertinent to Indoor Geolocation (Invited paper)
Yunxing Ye (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA); Ferit Akgul (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA); Kaveh Pahlavan (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)
F5: Antennas 3
Chair: Shaofang Gong (Linkoping University, Sweden)
Transmitting Spectrum Control by Band Pass Tapered Slot Antenna on UWB-IR Application
Akinori Matsui (Saitama Institute of Technology, Japan)
A CPW-Fed Ultrawideband Antenna with Dual Notched Bands
Zhi-An Zheng (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Qing-Xin Chu (South China University of Technology, P.R. China)
Modified multiband Parany antenna adapted to the 3.1-10.6 GHz band
Raul Barroso (Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela)
An Antenna For UWB and Bluetooth Standards with Band-Notched Characteristic
Y. F. Weng (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); William S. W. Cheung (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); Ti Yuk (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Circular Dipole Antennas for Lower and Upper UWB Bands with Integrated Balun
A multi-band PLL based tuning circuitry for the super-regenerative IR-UWB receiver system
Prakash Thoppay (Ecole Polytechnic Federal de Lausanne, Switzerland); Catherine Dehollain (EPFL, Switzerland); Michel Declercq (EPFL, Switzerland); Michael Green (University of California,Irvine, USA)
Low power and high speed frequency synchronizer design for MB-OFDM UWB
Wen Fan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); Chiu-sing Choy (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Si/SiGe HBT UWB Impulse Generators with Sleep-Mode Targeting the FCC Masks
Bernd Schleicher (Ulm University, Germany); Dederer (EADS Deutschland GmbH, Germany); Hermann Schumacher (Universität Ulm, Germany)
A Memristor-Based Multicarrier UWB Receiver
Klaus Witrisal (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Design of Ka-Band Half Mode Substrate Integrated Waveguide (HMSIW) Mixer
Yitao Wang (Southeast University, P.R. China); Xiaowei Zhu (Southeast University, P.R. China); Guang-Qi Yang (Southeast University, P.R. China); Changjiang You (Southeast university, P.R. China)
F7: Estimation 1
Chair: Heinrich Luecken (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Tightly Coupled UWB/IMU Pose Estimation
Jeroen Hol (Linköping University, Sweden); Fred Dijkstra (Xsens Technolgies B.V., The Netherlands); Henk Luinge (Xsens Technolgies B.V., The Netherlands); Thomas Schön (Linköping University, Sweden)
On Schmidl-Cox-like Frequency Estimation applied to UWB Impulse Radio Systems
Tomaso Erseghe (University of Padova, Italy, Italy); Francesco Renna (University of Padova, Italy)
Time Frequency domain delay estimation algorithm for multipath and interference mitigation in UWB positioning systems
Guoping Zhang (Institute for infocomm research, Singapore, Singapore); Ong Hwee Woon (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Wenjiang Wang (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)
Zero-Tap Detection-Based Kalman Filter Algorithm for UWB Channel Estimation
Ren Zhiyuan (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Tiejun Lv (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)
Receiver Parameter Estimation for the Simplified Gaussian-Laplacian Multiple Access UWB Receiver (Invited paper)
Somasundaram Niranjayan (University of Alberta, Canada); Norman Beaulieu (University of Alberta, Canada)
14:00 - 15:40
F8: Interference 2
Chair: Serhat Erkucuk (Kadir Has University, Turkey)
UWB Body Area Network Coexistence by Interference Mitigation
Daniele Domenicali (University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy); Luca De Nardis (University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy); Maria Gabriella Di Benedetto (University of Rome La Sapienza Italy, Italy)
Interference Suppression in DS-PPM UWB Systems
Thanawat Thiasiriphet (University of Ulm, Germany); Rui Zhan (University of Ulm, Germany); Juergen Lindner (Uni Ulm, Germany)
Protection Margins for Joint Operation of WiMAX 802.16e and WiMedia-defined UWB Radio in Personal Area Networks
Joaquin Perez (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Marta Beltran (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Maria Morant (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Libera Cavallin (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Roberto Llorente (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)
Specification of ADC Interface for an Interference Robust UWB Impulse Radio
Oliver Lauer (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland); David Barras (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETHZ, Switzerland)
Iterative coexistence approaches for non-coherent multi-band impulse radio UWB
Hanns-Ulrich Dehner (University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany); Andrés Romero (Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany); Holger Jaekel (University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany); Dennis Burgkhardt (University of Karlsruhe, Germany); Rainer Moorfeld (Dresden University of Technology, Germany); Friedrich Jondral (Communications Engineering Lab, University of Karlsruhe, Germany); Adolf Finger (TU Dresden, Germany)
A Simplified Modeling of Ultrawideband Antenna Time-Domain Analysis
Zhi-An Zheng (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Qing-Xin Chu (South China University of Technology, P.R. China)
Determination of the Impulse Response of UWB Antennas using GTEM Cells
Sebastian Sczyslo (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany); Holger Thye (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany); Gunnar Armbrecht (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany); Sven Dortmund (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany); Thomas Kaiser (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany)
Quasi Yagi-Uda Antenna Array for Detecting A Target in A Dielectric Substrate
Takahiro Kouzaki (Hiroshima University, Japan)
F10: Circuits 8
Chair: Dong Wang (Research In Motion, Canada)
A Direct-Conversion UWB RF Front-End for MB-OFDM Application
Fully Integrated UWB-IR CMOS Transceiver for Wireless Body Area Networks
Tatsuo Nakagawa (Hitachi, Ltd., Japan)
Energy Efficient, Reconfigurable, Distributed Pulse Generation and Detection in UWB Impulse Radios
Jianyun Hu (University of Rochester, USA); Yunliang Zhu (University of Rochester, USA); Shang Wang (University of Rochester, USA); Hui Wu (University of Rochester, USA)
Low-Power UWB Pulse Generators for Biomedical Implants
Ondrej Novak (University of Utah, USA); Cameron Charles (University of Utah, USA)
Indoor Transmission of Multi-Gigabit-Per-Second Data Rates Using Millimeter Waves
Jie Sun (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA); Dev Gupta (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA); Zhiguo Lai (NewLANS, Inc., USA); Weibo Gong (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA); Patrick Kelly (University of Massachusetts, USA)
16:00 - 17:20
F11: MIMO 2
Chair: Florian Troesch (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Space-Frequency Transmit Selection for MB-OFDM UWB Communication Systems with Multiple Transmit Antennas
Xiaoming Peng (Institute for InfoComm Research, Singapore); Zhiwei Lin (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Francois Chin (Institue for InfoComm Research, Singapore); Khiam Boon Png (Institute for InfoComm Research, Singapore)
Enhanced MB-OFDM UWB System with Multiple Transmit and Receive Antennas
Zhiwei Lin (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Xiaoming Peng (Institute for InfoComm Research, Singapore); Francois Chin (Institue for InfoComm Research, Singapore); Khiam Boon Png (Institute for InfoComm Research, Singapore)
Algebraic Inequalities for MIMO-UWB with Antenna Element Time Delays: Uncorrelated Fading
Bamrung Tau Sieskul (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany); Claus Kupferschmidt (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany); Thomas Kaiser (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany)
A 4 x 4 Unipolar Space-Time PPM-Code with Simplified Decoding for IR-UWB Transmissions
Chadi Abou-Rjeily (Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon)
F12: Impulse Radio 2
Chair: Antonio Alberto D'Amico (University of Pisa, Italy)
Performance and design of IR-UWB transciever baseband for wireless sensors
Multicode based communications in Impulse Radio UWB systems
Eric Bouton (TELECOM ParisTech, France); Philippe Ciblat (ENST, France); Christophe J. Le Martret (THALES Communications, France)
Trade-off Between the Number of Fingers in the Prefilter and in the Rake Receiver in Time Reversal IR-UWB
Dorin Panaitopol (Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (SUPELEC), France); Jocelyn Fiorina (SUPELEC, France); Maria Gabriella Di Benedetto (University of Rome La Sapienza Italy, Italy)
Non-coherent Detection of Impulse Radio UWB Signals Based on Fourth Order Statistics
Muhammad Gufran Khan (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden); Benny Sällberg (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden); Jörgen Nordberg (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden); Ingvar Claesson (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)
F13: Estimation 2
Chair: Makoto Itami (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
ML Timing Estimation for Generalized UWB-IR Energy Detection Receivers
Heinrich Luecken (ETH Zurich, Switzerland); Christoph Steiner (ETH Zurich, Switzerland); Armin Wittneben (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Robust Time-of-Arrival Estimation with an Energy Detection Receiver
Christoph Steiner (ETH Zurich, Switzerland); Armin Wittneben (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
UWB Joint TOA and DOA Estimation
Eva Lagunas (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Montse Najar (UPC, Spain); Monica Navarro (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain)
A Linear Quadratic Optimization Based TOA Estimation Scheme for IR-UWB Systems
Bin Shen (Inha University, Korea); Taiping Cui (Inha University, Korea); Chengshi Zhao (Inha University, Korea); Kyungsup Kwak (Inha University, Korea)