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Ultrawideband spins it wheels

Published Tuesday, August 01, 2006

When the FCC gave its blessing to unlicensed ultrawideband, or UWB, technology in 2002, it envisioned a plethora of potential uses, ranging from broadband access to the Internet to radar imaging of objects buried underground or behind walls. It also recognized the ways in which UWB could benefit police, fire and rescue personnel to enable covert, secure operations. Six years later, UWB is finally set to explode in the commercial market — a development that has a direct correlation to the technology's potential in the public-safety sector. Earlier this year, the IEEE task force considering UWB proposals overwhelmingly ...

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