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8:00 - 8:45 Registration (Coffee & Light Breakfast) 8:00 - 8:45
Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
8:50 - 9:00 Welcome Speech
Thomas Kaiser, Leibniz Universität Hannover
8:50 - 9:00
Keynote9:00 - 9:45 Ultra-Wideband - 50 years of Progress in Short
Pulse Electromagnetics
Robert J. Fontana, Multispectral Solutions Inc.
Chair Maria Gabriella Di Benedetto, University of Rome La Sapienza
9:00 - 9:45
9:45 - 9:50 Break 9:45 - 9:50
Morning SessionsRoom A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
UWB Antennas and Arrays A
Chair Reinhard Knöchel, University of Kiel
RF Modules, Integrated Circuits Design, Pulse Generation and System Architectures A
Chair Zisan Zhang, Infineon Technologies Austria
Invited - UWB MIMO
Chair Wasim Q. Malik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interference, Capacity and Co-Existence
Chair Jim Lansford, Alereon
Sensor Networks, Sensing and Medical Imaging
Chair Lutz Lampe, University of British Columbia
9:50 - 10:15 Characteristics of a Corrugated Tapered Slot Antenna with Dielectric Rod and Metallic Reflector
Alexander Hees, Jürgen Hasch, Robert Bosch GmbH; Jürgen Detlefsen, TU München
Feedback Network for Cascaded Ultra-Wideband Amplifiers
Esa Tiiliharju, Tero Koivisto, University of Turku
Affine Restoration Decoding for MIMO-OFDM Ultrawideband Communications
Sajid Bashir, Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering; Wasim Q. Malik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Syed Ismail Shah, Iqra University
Interference Detection and Rejection in Ultra-Wideband Systems
Divi Gupta, Dev Gupta, NewLANS Inc.; Zhiguo Lai, Patrick Kelly, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Highly Compact Impulse UWB Transmitter for High-Resolution Movement Detection
Bernd Schleicher, Jochen Dederer, Mario Leib, Ismail Nasr, Andreas Trasser, Wolfgang Menzel, Hermann Schumacher, Ulm University
9:50 - 10:15
10:15 - 10:40 Physically Small and Adjustable Double-Ridged Horn Antenna for Biomedical UWB Radar Applications
Ulrich Schwarz, Marko Helbig, Jürgen Sachs, TU Ilmenau; Frank Seifert, PTB Berlin; Ralf Stephan, TU Ilmenau; Florian Thiel, PTB Berlin; Matthias Hein, TU Ilmenau
A 6–9-GHz Programmable Gain LNA with Integrated Balun in 90-nm CMOS
Andrea Bevilacqua, University of Padova; Christoph Sandner, Marc Tiebout, Infineon Technologies Austria; Andrea Gerosa, Andrea Neviani, University of Padova
Deconstructing Space-Frequency Correlated Ultrawideband MIMO Channels
Xuemin Hong, Chengxiang Wang, Heriot-Watt University; John Thompson, University of Edinburgh; Ben Allen, University of Oxford; Wasim Q. Malik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Study on Interference Detection Using AIC for UWB MB-OFDM Systems
Masahiro Fujii, Atsushi Minakawa, Yu Watanabe, Utsunomiya University; Makoto Itami, Kohji Itoh, Tokyo University of Science
Base Station Orientation Calibration in 3-D Indoor UWB Positioning
Brandon Merkl, Aly Fathy, Mohamed Mahfouz, University of Tennessee
10:15 - 10:40
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break 10:40 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:25 Differential Time Delay Patterns as Descriptors of UWB Antennas
James McLean, TDK R&D Corp.; Heinrich Foltz, The University of Texas-Pan American; Robert Sutton, TDK R&D Corp.
A 6-Bit, 1.2-GS/s Dual Channel ADC in 0.13-μm CMOS for MB-OFDM UWB Receivers
Szu-Kang Hsien, Bo-Wei Chen, Gin-Kou Ma, ITRI
On Training with Feedback in Wideband Channels
Sheng Jing, Lizhong Zheng, Muriel Médard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Analysis on IR/TR-UWB Interference against Narrowband Systems
Yuki Shimizu, Yukitoshi Sanada, Keio University
Fusion of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultra-Wideband-Radar for Biomedical Applications
Florian Thiel, PTB Berlin; Matthias Hein, Ulrich Schwarz, Jürgen Sachs, TU Ilmenau; Frank Seifert, PTB Berlin
11:00 - 11:25
11:25 - 11:50 Impact of Directive Antenna Behavior on Multipath MB-OFDM Ultra-Wideband Communications
Oliver Klemp, Fabian Beichert, Delphi Delco Electronics Europe GmbH
A Fully Monolithic 3.1-10.6 GHz UWB Si/SiGe HBT Impulse-UWB Correlation Receiver
Jochen Dederer, Bernd Schleicher, Andreas Trasser, Till Feger, Hermann Schumacher, Ulm University
Characterization of an Impulse-Transmitting UWB Antenna Array with Dispersive Feed Network
Tomasz Michna, Jan Hesselbarth, Alcatel-Lucent
Effect of Aggregate Narrowband Interference on the UWB Autocorrelation Receiver
Alberto Rabbachin, University of Oulu; Tony Q.S. Quek, Institute for Infocomm Research; Pedro Pinto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ian Oppermann, Nokia Siemens Networks; Moe Z. Win, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Non-Invasive Respiration Monitoring Sensor Using UWB-IR
Kenji Higashikaturagi, Youichiro Nakahata, Isamu Matsunami, Akihiro Kajiwara, Kitakyushu University
11:25 - 11:50
11:50 - 12:15 Ultrawideband Antenna Distortion Analysis Based on Prolate Spheroidal Spectral Decomposition
Pedro Luis Carro, Jesús de Mingo, University of Zaragoza
A Low-Power, Low Data-Rate, Ultra-Wideband Receiver Architecture for Indoor Wireless Systems
Paul Saad, Roman Merz, Frédéric Chastellain, Christian Robert, Uroschanit Yodprasit, Cyril Botteron, Pierre-André Farine, University of Neuchâtel; Régis Caillet, Alexander Heubi, Noureddine Senouci, AMI Semiconductor
Rake Fingers versus Multiple Antennas for UWB Relay Systems - Which One Is Better?
Kiattisak Maichalernnukul, Thomas Kaiser, Feng Zheng, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Performance of UWB Systems in the Presence of Severe Multipath and Narrowband Interference
Zhiguo Lai, Harshit Joshi, Dennis Goeckel, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Divi Gupta, Dev Gupta, Abbie Mathew, NewLANS Inc.
Physiological Signatures Monitored by Ultra-Wideband-Radar Validated by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Florian Thiel, PTB Berlin; Matthias Hein, Jürgen Sachs, Ulrich Schwarz, TU Ilmenau; Frank Seifert, PTB Berlin
11:50 - 12:15
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch 12:15 - 13:45
Day 1 September 10, 2008
Day 1 September 10, 2008
Day 1 September 10, 2008
KeynoteRoom A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
13:45 - 14:30 Ultra-Wideband Communications and Ranging for Sensor Networks
Andreas Molisch, Lund University
Chair Maria Gabriella Di Benedetto, University of Rome La Sapienza
13:45 - 14:30
Afternoon SessionsRoom A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
UWB Antennas and Arrays B
Chair Ilona Rolfes, Leibniz Universität Hannover
RF Modules, Integrated Circuits Design, Pulse Generation and System Architectures B
Chair Andrea Bevilacqua, University of Padova
Modulation, Detection and Multiple Access
Chair Geert Leus, Delft University of Technology
Cognitive Radio, Spectral Managements, Spectrum Sensing and Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
Chair Lorenzo Mucchi, University of Florence Yukitoshi Sanada, Keio University
Ranging, Localization and Positioning
Chair Sinan Gezici, Bilkent University Xiaobing Sun, Sony Singapore Research Lab
14:35 - 15:00 A Novel UWB Antenna Using PI-Shaped Matching Stub for UWB Applications
Jung-Nam Lee, Jin-Hee Yoo, Ji-Hyue Kim, Jong Kweon Park, Jin-Suk Kim, Hanbat National University
A 10Mb/s 2.6mW 6-to-10GHz UWB Impulse Transceiver
Muhammad Anis, Reinhard Tielert, Norbert Wehn, University of Kaiserslautern
An Energy Detection Receiver Robust to Multi-User Interference for IEEE 802.15.4a Networks
Manuel Flury, Ruben Merz, Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Evaluation of Cooperative Techniques in an Interworking UWB-UMTS Platform
Juan Choliz, Ignacio Alastruey, Ángela Hernández-Solana, University of Zaragoza; Ana Sierra, Telefónica I+D; Antonio Valdovinos, University of Zaragoza
Experimental Results on Cooperative UWB Based Positioning Systems
Andrea Conti, University of Ferrara; Davide Dardari, University of Bologna; Moe Z. Win, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
14:35 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:25 Analysis of Planar UWB Elliptical Dipoles Fed by a Coplanar Stripline
Gabriela Quintero Díaz de León, Anja K. Skrivervik, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
An Optical Realization of a 500 Mb/s UWB Transceiver
Mohammad Abtahi, Mehrdad Mirshafiei, Leslie A. Rusch, Sophie LaRochelle, Laval University
Comparison of Detectors for Multiple-Access Interference Mitigation in TH-IR UWB
Jeebak Mitra, Lutz Lampe, University of British Columbia
Interfering Signal Detection by Using Chirp-UWB Template Waveform
Kohei Ohno, Tetsushi Ikegami, Meiji University
Localization with TOA as a Constrained Robust Stochastic Least Squares Problem
Sayit Korkmaz, Alle-Jan van der Veen, Delft University of Technology
15:00 - 15:25
15:25 - 15:50 A Novel Microstrip-Fed UWB Circular Slot Antenna with 5-GHz Band-Notch Characteristics
Abdol Aziz Klateh, Science & Research Branch of Islamic Azad University; Rajab Fallahi, Mahdi Golparvar Roozbahani, Iran Telecommunication Research Center
Real Time Reconfigurability for UWB Receiver
Rohit Naik, Jugdutt Singh, Hai P. Le, John Devlin, La Trobe University
Schemes of Optimization of Energy Detection Receivers for UWB-IR Communication Systems under Different Channel Model
Kazuyuki Furusawa, Masaya Sasaki, Jun Hioki, Makoto Itami, Tokyo University of Science
Handling Unknown NBI in IR-UWB System Used in Biomedical Wireless Sensor Networks
Hessam Moussavinik, Ilangko Balasingham, Tor Ramstad, NTNU
A High Accuracy Mono-Station UWB Positioning System
Xiaobing Sun, Yugang Ma, Jin Xu, Jian Zhang, Junjun Wang, Sony Singapore Research Lab
15:25 - 15:50
Afternoon Sessions (cntd.)Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
16:50 - 17:15 An UWB Antenna Size Reduction Technique
Alexander Vorobyov, Alexander Yarovoy, Leo Ligthart, Delft University of Technology
Low Data Rate Ultra-Wideband Transceiver Testbed for 6.0-8.5 GHz Communications Using Commercial-off-the-Shelf Components
Christoph Seifarth, Gerd Scholl, Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg
Effects of Synchronization Errors on Energy Detection of UWB Signals
Xiantao Cheng, Yong Liang Guan, Nanyang Technological University
Pulse Rate Adaptive Multiple-Access Scheme for Cognitive Autonomous IR-UWB Networks
Maria D. Perez-Guirao, Ralf Luebben, Thomas Kaiser, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Dirty Templates Based Indoor Localization for IR-UWB Mobile Agents
Francesco Chiti, Romano Fantacci, Simone Morosi, Lorenzo Niccolai, University of Florence
16:50 - 17:15
17:15 - 17:40 Wideband Antenna EIRP Measurements for Various UWB Waveforms
Mehrdad Mirshafiei, Mohammad Abtahi, Sophie LaRochelle, Leslie A. Rusch, Laval University
Ultra-Low Power Impulse Ultra-Wideband Demonstration Platform
Dries Neirynck, Li Huang, Guido Dolmans, Olivier Rousseaux, Bert Gyselinckx, Stichting IMEC Nederland
Sensitivity of Energy Detected Multilevel PAM Systems to Threshold Mismatch
Antti Anttonen, Aarne Mämmelä, Adrian Kotelba, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Data Rate for DS-UWB Communication Systems in Wireless Personal Area Networks
David Zhang, Anthony Brown, The University of Manchester
Effect of Clock Offset on an IR-UWB Ranging System with Comparators
Yusuke Saito, Yukitoshi Sanada, Keio University
17:15 - 17:40
Social Event18:00 - 18:30 Touristic Information on Hannover City 18:00 - 18:30
19:00 Oktoberfest (Conference Tent) 19:00
Day 1 September 10, 2008
Poster SessionLichthof
15:50 - 16:50 Poster Session / Poster Teaser / Coffee Break & Snacks
Chair Zisan Zhang, Infineon Technologies Austria
15:50 - 16:50
Performance of UWB Impulse Radio in Strong MAI with Frequency Offsets Estimation
Tomaso Erseghe, University of Padova; Antonio Maria Cipriano, Thales Communications
Extended Data Rates for Next Generation UWB
Özgür Dural, Samir Soliman, Amol Rajkotia, Krishnan Rajamani, Qualcomm Inc.
Compact Directional UWB Antenna with Dielectric Insert for Radar Distance Measurements
Gunnar Armbrecht, Eckhard Denicke, Leibniz Universität Hannover; Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch, Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Ilona Rolfes, Leibniz Universität Hannover
MAC Performance for Second Generation UWB
Krishnan Rajamani, Samir Soliman, Özgür Dural, Amol Rajkotia, Qualcomm Inc.
A Study for Possibility of Detecting IEEE802.15.4a Signals
Makoto Hasegawa, Masaki Kumazawa, Tetsushi Ikegami, Meiji University; Kenichi Takizawa, NICT
Concept of an UWB Impulse Radio B-/QPSK Transmitter Based on Standard Logic Components
Marcel Blech, Daniel Geier, Thomas Eibert, Universität Stuttgart
Multi-Target UWB Passive Ranging with Local Template Uncertainty
Yuan Zhou, Choi Look Law, Yong Liang Guan, Nanyang Technological University; Francois Chin, Institute for Infocomm Research
Direct Position Estimation of UWB Transmitters in Multipath Conditions
Miljko Eric, University of Belgrade; Desimir Vucic, Union University
8:30 - 9:00 Registration (Coffee & Light Breakfast) 8:30 - 9:00
KeynoteRoom A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
9:00 - 9:45 The Future of PAN Technologies
Stephen Wood, WiMedia Alliance
Chair Thomas Kaiser, Leibniz Universität Hannover
9:00 - 9:45
9:45 - 9:50 Break 9:45 - 9:50
Morning SessionsRoom A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
Channel Measurements, Modeling and Field Trial Measurements
Chair Jürgen Kunisch, IMST GmbH
RF Modules, Integrated Circuits Design, Pulse Generation and System Architectures C
Chair Wasim Q. Malik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Synchronization and Equalization
Chair Jari Iinatti, University of Oulu
Invited - UWB MB-OFDM
Chair Aarne Mämmelä, Antti Antonnen VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Radar and Imaging
Chair Reiner Thomä, TU Ilmenau Motoyuki Sato, Tohoku University
9:50 - 10:15 3D Hybrid EM Ray-tracing Deterministic UWB Channel Model, Simulations and Measurements
Mohamed El-Hadidy, Leibniz Universität Hannover; Taleb Ould Mohamed, IMST GmbH; Feng Zheng, Thomas Kaiser, Leibniz Universität Hannover
A 4~7GHz Ultra Wideband VCO with Tunable Active Inductor
Maryam Mehrabian, Tarbiat Modares University; Abdol Nabavi, Tarbiat Modares University; Negar Rashidi, Tarbiat Modares University
Iterative Blind Receiver Exploiting Channel Code Constraints for 60 GHz UWB Channels
André Fonseca dos Santos, Wolfgang Rave, Gerhard Fettweis, Technische Universität Dresden
Enhancement of the ECMA-368 System by Means of Compatible Relaying Techniques
Jimmy Kan, Microsoft Corporation; Jan Mietzner, University of British Columbia; Chris Snow, Research in Motion Limited; Robert Schober, University of British Columbia
Modification of IPCP for Different Target Fluctuation Models in UWB Radars
Mohammad Ghahramani, Nanyang Technologocal University; Abbas Sheikhi, Fahimeh Saeimanesh, Shiraz University
9:50 - 10:15
10:15 - 10:40 UWB Channel Modeling within an Aircraft Cabin
Jaouhar Jemai, Radoslaw Piesiewicz, Robert Geise, Ingo Schmidt, Martin Schwark, TU Braunschweig; Martin Schirrmacher, AIRBUS Deutschland GmbH; Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig
Low Cost Optical Up-Conversion of IR-UWB Signals Beyond the Relaxation Frequency of a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL)
Béatrice Cabon, Davide Bucci, Armin Schimpf, INPG-Minatec, IMEP
Iterative Blind Synchronization of Multiuser Ultra-Wideband Signals
Ersen Ekrem, Mutlu Koca, Hakan Deliç, Bogaziçi University
Power Consumption and Chip Area Reduction Techniques for MB-OFDM UWB RFICs
Zisan Zhang, Koen Mertens, Marc Tiebout, Stefano Marsili, Denis Matveev, Christoph Sandner, Infineon Technologies Austria
UWB Radars Based on Wavelet Packet OFDM Signals
Reza Mohseni, Abbas Sheikhi, Mohammad Ali Masnadi-shirazi, Shiraz University
10:15 - 10:40
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break 10:40 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:25 A Method of Channel Measurement Based on MB-OFDM Signal
Amina Ayadi-Miessen, Claus Kupferschmidt, Thomas Kaiser, Leibniz Universität Hannover
All-Digital Synthesizable UWB Transmitter Architectures
Youngmin Park, David D. Wentzloff, University of Michigan
Estimation of Carrier and Sampling Frequency Offset for Ultra Wide Band Multiband OFDM Systems
Nicola Laurenti, Francesco Renna, University of Padova
Application of Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes in MB-OFDM UWB
Le Chung Tran, Alfred Mertins, University of Luebeck
A Study on Fast Imaging for Walking Human Bodies by UWB Radar with Realistic Model
Takuya Sakamoto, Toru Sato, Kyoto University
11:00 - 11:25
11:25 - 11:50 Antenna Diversity in UWB Indoor Channel
Raffaele D‘Errico, Alain Sibille, ENSTA; Andrea Giorgetti, Marco Chiani, University of Bologna
A 400uW 10Mbits/s CMOS UWB Impulse Radio Transmitter for Wireless Sensor Networks
Muhammad Anis, Reinhard Tielert, Norbert Wehn, University of Kaiserslautern
Joint Synchronization and Demodulation for IR-UWB
Monica Navarro, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya; Montse Nájar, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Multi-Band OFDM-Based UWB System with Multiple Users and Interference Mitigation
Dimitrie C. Popescu, Old Dominion University
Delay-Doppler Ambiguity Function of Ultrawideband-Throb Signals
Malek G. M. Hussain, Kuwait University
11:25 - 11:50
11:50 - 12:15 Ultra-Wideband Double Vertical Knife-Edge Model for Obstruction of a Ray by a Person
Jürgen Kunisch, Jörg Pamp, IMST GmbH
Impulse UWB Antenna Size Reduction due to Transmitter-Antenna Co-Design
Majid Baghaei-Nejad, Hannu Tenhunen, Li-Rong Zheng, Royal Institute of Technology; Soheil Radiom, Guy A. E. Vandenbosch, Georges Gielen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, ESAT-MICAS
Synchronisation Performance of Wireless Sensor Networks
Sonom Olonbayar, Gunter Fischer, Rolf Kraemer, IHP-Microelectronics
Performance Evaluation of the WiMedia PHY in WPAN Environments and Efficiency Improvement by Application of LDPC Codes
Stefan Nowak, Oliver Hundt, Ruediger Kays, Dortmund University of Technology
Efficient Method of TOA Estimation for Through Wall Imaging by UWB Radar
Michal Aftanas, Jana Rovnáková, Miloš Drutarovský Dušan Kocur Technical University of Košice
11:50 - 12:15
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch 12:15 - 13:45
Day 2 September 11, 2008
Day 2 September 11, 2008
Afternoon SessionsRoom A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
Invited - UWB Antenna
Chair Ilona Rolfes, Leibniz Universität Hannover Oliver Klemp, Delphi Delco Electronics Europe GmbH
Invited - UWB Sensors for Industrial Application
Chair Reinhard Knöchel, Frank Daschner, University of Kiel Jürgen Sachs, TU Ilmeanu
Invited - Signal Processing for UWB
Chair Alle-Jan Van der Veen, Geert Leus, Delft University of Technology
Invited - UWB Cognitive Radio
Chair Marco Chiani, University of Bologna
Invited - UWB Imaging and Object Recognition
Chair Reiner Thomä, Ole Hirsch,TU Ilmenau Ingolf Willms, University of Duisburg-Essen
13:45 - 14:10 Correlation Analysis of UWB MIMO Antenna System Configurations
Terence S. P. See, Institute for Infocomm Research; Aileen M. L. Swee, Nanyang Technological University; Zhi-Ning Chen, Institute for Infocomm Research
A Fundamental Study of Bistatic UWB Radar for Detection of Buried Objects
Naoki Hayashi, Motoyuki Sato, Tohoku University
A Reconfigurable Pulsed UWB Receiver Sampling Below Nyquist Rate
Yves Vanderperren, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Geert Leus, Delft University of Technology; Wim Dehaene, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Cognitive Interference Suppression for Low Complexity UWB Transceivers
Christoph Steiner, Armin Wittneben, ETH Zurich
Influence of Multipath Propagation on UWB Imagery
Malgorzata Porebska, Christian Sturm, Jens Timmermann, Thomas Zwick, Werner Wiesbeck, University of Karlsruhe
13:45 - 14:10
14:10 - 14:35 Ultra Compressed Parametric Modeling for Symmetric or Pseudo-Symmetric UWB Antennas
Christophe Roblin, ENSTA
High Accuracy UWB Localization in Dense Indoor Environments
Michael Kuhn, Cemin Zhang, Brandon Merkl, Depeng Yang, Yazhou Wang, Mohamed Mahfouz, Aly Fathy, University of Tennessee
Acquisition for a Transmitted Reference UWB Receiver
Andreas Schranzhofer, ETH Zurich; Yiyin Wang, Alle-Jan v.d. Veen, Delft University of Technology
The Cognitive Radio Paradigm for Ultra-Wideband Systems: the European Project EUWB
Andrea Giorgetti, Marco Chiani, Davide Dardari, University of Bologna
Monostatic Imaging of Small Objects in UWB Sensor Networks
Rudolf Zetik, Reiner Thomä, TU Ilmenau
14:10 - 14:35
14:35 - 15:00 UWB Antenna Characterization
James McLean, Robert Sutton, TDK R&D Corp.
Pulsed Frequency Modulation Techniques for High-Precision Ultra Wideband Ranging and Positioning
Benjamin Waldmann, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; Peter Gulden, Symeo GmbH; Martin Vossiek, Clausthal University of Technology; Robert Weigel, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
A Synchronization-Free Approach to Data Recovery for Multiple Access UWB Communications
Vincenzo Lottici, University of Pisa; Zhi Tian, Michigan Technological University; Geert Leus, Delft University of Technology
The WiMedia UWB Radio: Is It the Ideal Cognitive Radio Processor?
Jim Lansford, Alereon
Preliminary Investigations of Chest Surface Identification Algorithms for Breast Cancer Detection
Marko Helbig, Matthias Hein, Ulrich Schwarz, Juergen Sachs, TU Ilmenau
14:35 - 15:00
Afternoon Sessions (cntd.)Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
16:00 - 16:25 A Novel Shielded UWB Antenna in LTCC for Radar and Communications Applications
Bill Yang, Alexander Vorobyov, Alexander Yarovoy, Leo Ligthart, Delft University of Technology; Sven Rentsch, Jens Müller, TU Ilmenau
High Resolution Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering by Ultra-Wideband Pseudo-Noise Approaches
Juergen Sachs, TU Ilmenau; A. Badstübner, IFF Weimar; Frank Bonitz, TU Ilmenau; M. Eidner, Bo-Ra-tec GmbH; Marko Helbig, Ralf Herrmann, Martin Kmec, TU Ilmenau
Compressed UWB Signal Detection with Narrowband Interference Mitigation
Zhongmin Wang, Gonzalo R. Arce, University of Delaware; Brian M. Sadler, U. S. Army Research Laboratory; Jose L. Paredes, University of Los Andes; Sebastian Hoyos, Zhuizhuan Yu, Texas A&M
Theoretical Limits on Time Delay Estimation for Ultra-Wideband Cognitive Radios
Sinan Gezici, Bilkent University; Hasari Celebi, Huseyin Arslan, University of South Florida; H. Vincent Poor, Princeton University
UWB Feature Localization for Imaging
Jochen Seitz, Friedrich-Alexander, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; Markus Schaub, iAd GmbH; Ole Hirsch, Rudolf Zetik, TU Ilmenau; Tobias Deißler, Friedrich-Alexander, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
16:00 - 16:25
16:25 - 16:50 Monopole-Like Slot UWB Antenna on LTCC
Xianming Qing, Zhi-Ning Chen, Institute for Infocomm Research
UWB-Sensors in Food Quality Management – the Way from the Concept to Market
Ove Schimmer, Sequid GmbH; Frank Daschner, Reinhard Knöchel, University of Kiel
Noncoherent Autocorrelation Detection of Orthogonal Multicarrier UWB Signals
Klaus Witrisal, Graz University of Technology
Cooperative Anchor-Less Localization for Large Dynamic Networks
Ulric Ferner, Henk Wymeersch, Moe Z. Win, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
UWB Material Characterisation and Object Recognition with Applications in Fire and Security
Rahmi Salman, Thorsten Schultze, Ingolf Willms, University of Duisburg-Essen
16:25 - 16:50
Panel DiscussionRoom A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
17:00 - 18:00 When Will We See UWB?
Moderation: Thomas Kaiser
17:00 - 18:00
Social Event19:00 Conference Banquet (Herrenhäuser Gärten) 19:00
Day 2 September 11, 2008
Poster SessionLichthof
15:00 - 16:00 Poster Session / Poster Teaser / Coffee Break & Snacks
Chair Zhining Chen, Institute for Infocomm Research
15:00 - 16:00
A Cooperative Retransmission Scheme for IR-UWB Networks
Ghasem Naddafzadeh Shirazi, National University of Singapore; Peng-Yong Kong, Chen-Khong Tham, Institute for Infocomm Research
Simple Threshold Estimation for a 1-Bit ADC in a Low Complex IR-UWB Receiver
Soon-Woo Lee, Jimyung Kang, Yong-Hwa Kim, Young-Jin Park, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
Direct Path DoA and DoD Finding Through IR-UWB Communications
Vincenzo La Tosa, Benoît Denis, CEA - LETI; Bernard Uguen, ETR/CNRS/Université Rennes-I
Optimum Receivers for Non-Linearly Distorted OFDM Signals in Wireless-over-Fiber Applications: Impact of Antenna Noise
João Oliveira, Miguel Rodrigues, Henrique Salgado, University of Porto
Time Domain Measurements for a Time Reversal SIMO System in Reverberation Chamber and in an Indoor Environment
Ijaz Haider Naqvi, Ghais El Zein, INSA/IETR
Neural Network Based Geo-Regioning
Luciano Leins, Christoph Steiner, ETH Zurich
Neural Network Based Geo-Regioning
Luciano Leins, Christoph Steiner, ETH Zürich
Day 2 September 11, 2008
8:30 - 9:00 Registration (Coffee & Light Breakfast) 8:30 - 9:00
KeynoteRoom A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
9:00 - 9:45 Development of an Ultra Wideband Chipset for Highly Reliable Wireless Communications
Rajeev Krishnamoorthy, TZero Technologies Inc.
Chair Thomas Kaiser, Leibniz Universität Hannover
9:00 - 9:45
9:45 - 9:50 Break 9:45 - 9:50
Morning SessionsRoom A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
Invited - Health Care Application with UWB
Chair Lorenzo Mucchi, University of Florence
Invited - Low Data Rate, Low Complexity, Low Power UWB
Chair Klaus Witrisal, Graz University of Technology Jac Romme, IMST GmbH
Multiband Approaches
Chair Andreas Wilzeck, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Invited - UWB Regulations and Standardizations
Chair Sven Zeisberg University of Applied Sciences Dresden Isabelle Bucaille, Thales Communications
Invited - UWB Indoor Localization
Chair Gunter Fischer, IHP-Microelectronics Stefan Galler, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Tutorial (T)
9:50 - 10:15 A 2D Simple Attenuation Model for EM Waves in Human Tissues: Comparison with a FDTD 3D Simulator for UWB Medical Radar
Graziano Varotto, Enrico Maria Staderini, Western Switzerland University of Applied Sciences
Analysis of Interference Sensing for DAA UWB-IR Systems
Serhat Erkucuk, Lutz Lampe, Robert Schober, University of British Columbia
Multiband and Multicarrier Wavelet Packet Multiplexing for UWB Transmissions
Hiroki Harada, Marco Hernandez, Ryuji Kohno, Yokohama National University, NICT
Determination of Time Domain Mitigation Parameters for Coexistence on WiMedia and WiMax Systems
Abdur Rahim Biswas, CREATE-NET; Friedbert Berens, STMicroelectronics; Sven Zeisberg, University of Applied Sciences Dresden; Adolf Finger, Technical University Dresden
A 2–12 GHz Power Distributed Amplifier for Broadband Localization and Sensor Systems Based on PN-Sequences
Benjamin Sewiolo, Robert Weigel, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
T - Part 1: Ranging and Localization
Davide Dardari, Andrea Giorgetti, Andrea Conti, University of Bologna
9:50 - 10:15
10:15 - 10:40 R&D and Standardization of Body Area Network (BAN) for Medical Healthcare
Ryuji Kohno, Kiyoshi Hamaguchi, Huan-Bang Li, Kenichi Takizawa, NICT
Implementation of TH-PPM UWB-IR Transceiver with Precise Delay Control Using Simple Delay-Selector Architecture
Akifumi Kasamatsu, Toshiaki Matsui, NICT
Tunable Pre-Distorter for PAPR Mitigation in MB-OFDM UWB Signals
T.S.N. Murthy, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology; Korrai Deergha Rao, Osmania University
Investigation on the Spectral Mask and Waveform of FCC Compliant Pulses for Low Data Rate Applications
Weiming Fu, Yi Huang, The University of Liverpool; John Potter, Guidance Monitoring Ltd.; Xu Zhu, The University of Liverpool
Optimized Confidence Weights for Localization Algorithms with Scarce Information
Giuseppe Destino, Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu, University of Oulu
10:15 - 10:40
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break 10:40 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:25 Body Sensor Networks and Ultra Wideband Communication
Roozbeh Jafari, Katherine Gilani, University of Texas at Dallas
A High Band Non-Coherent Impulse Radio UWB Receiver
Oleksiy Klymenko, Gunter Fischer, Denys Martynenko, IHP-Microelectronics
A Low-Complexity Adaptive Channel Estimation Scheme for MB-OFDM System
Khiam-Boon Png, Xiaoming Peng, Francois Chin, Institute for Infocomm Research
Impact of Detect and Avoid in UWB Regulation Process
Romeo Giuliano, Franco Mazzenga, University of Rome Tor Vergata
EUROPCOM: Emergency Ultrawideband RadiO for Positioning and COMmunications
Dave Harmer, Mark Russell, Ewan Frazer, Tim Bauge, Stuart Ingram, Thales Research & Technology Ltd.; Norbert Schmidt, Birgit Kull, IMST GmbH; Alexander Yarovoy, Amer Nezirovic, Liang Xia, Delft University of Technology; Vedran Dizdarevic, Klaus Witrisal, Graz University of Technology
T - Part 2: Ranging and Localization
Davide Dardari, Andrea Giorgetti, Andrea Conti, University of Bologna
11:00 - 11:25
11:25 - 11:50 IEEE 802.15.4a UWB-IR Radio System for Telemedicine
Pierre Gandolfo, Dušan Radovic, Milan Savic, Djordje Simic, TES Electronic Solutions
Location-Aware Adaptation for Low Complexity IR-UWB Receivers
Heinrich Luecken, Thomas Zasowski, Christoph Steiner, Florian Troesch, Armin Wittneben, ETH Zurich
Advanced MIMO VHDR MB-OFDM Approaches
Emil Dimitrov, Thomas Kaiser, Leibniz Universität Hannover
The European Flexible DAA Approach Towards an Open UWB Regulation
Friedbert Berens, STMicroelectronics
Hybrid Localization Using UWB and Inertial Sensors
Sebastian Sczyslo, Jens Schroeder, Stefan Galler, Thomas Kaiser, Leibniz Universität Hannover
11:25 - 11:50
11:50 - 12:15 UWB Supporting Medical ICT Applications
Matti Hämäläinen, Pekka Pirinen, Jari Iinatti, Attapongse Taparugssanagorn, University of Oulu
On Digital Receiver Design for Transmitted Reference UWB
Yiyin Wang, Geert Leus, Alle-Jan van der Veen, Delft University of Technology
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Multiband OFDM Ultra-Wideband Radio over Multimode Fiber Transmission
Yossef Ben Ezra, Boris I. Lembrikov, Moshe Ran, A. Leibovich, E. Borohovich, Holon Institute of Technology
Ultra-Wideband Range Estimation: Theoretical Limits and Practical Algorithms
Ismail Guvenc, DoCoMo Labs USA; Sinan Gezici, Bilkent University; Zafer Sahinoglu, MERL Technology Lab
11:50 - 12:15
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch 12:15 - 13:45
Day 3 September 12, 2008
Day 3 September 12, 2008
Afternoon SessionsRoom A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
Invited - UWB Higher Layers
Chair Maria Gabriella Di Benedetto, University of Rome La Sapienza
MIMO, Coding and Decoding
Chair Marco Chiani, University of Bologna
Invited - EU Projects
Chair Sven Zeisberg, University of Applied Sciences Dresden
Isabelle Bucaille, Thales Communications
Invited - UWB Ground Penetrating Radar
Chair Motoyuki Sato, Tohoku University
Tutorial (T)
13:45 - 14:10 Cognition in Routing for Low Rate UWB Networks
Luca De Nardis, Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto, University of Rome La Sapienza
Coded-Reference Ultra-Wideband Systems
Sinan Gezici, Bilkent University
Management of UWB Picocell Clusters: UCELLS Project Approach
Roberto Llorente, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia; Adolfo Cartaxo, Instituto Superior Técnico; Bernard Uguen, IETR / CNRS / Université Rennes-I; Jonathan Duplicy, Agilent Labs; Jac Romme, IMST GmbH; Jose Francisco Puche, DAS Photonics S.L.; David Schmertz, Wisair Ltd.; Yves Lostanlen, SIRADEL; Rafael Bañales, Euskaltel S.A.; Javier Marti, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
A Handheld Dual-Sensor System Using Impulse GPR for Demining
Kazunori Takahashi, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing; Motoyuki Sato, Tohoku University
T - Part 3: Ranging and Localization
Davide Dardari, Andrea Giorgetti, Andrea Conti, University of Bologna
13:45 - 14:10
14:10 - 14:35 Synergetic MAC and Higher Layers Functionalities for UWB LDR-LT Wireless Networks
Mickael Maman, Benoit Denis, Manuel Pezzin, Bernard Piaget, Laurent Ouvry, CEA-LETI MINATEC
Mixed-Signal Viterbi Decoder for a MB-OFDM Receiver
Janne Maunu, Mika Laiho, Tero Koivisto, Kati Virtanen, Mikko Pänkäälä, Ari Paasio, University of Turku
Multiple Antenna UWB Systems – WP3 of the EUWB Project
Claus Kupferschmidt, Emil Dimitrov, Thomas Kaiser, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Helicopter-Borne GPR Systems: A Way from Ice Thickness Measurements to Geological Applications
Dieter Eisenburger, BGR; Harald Lentz, RST GmbH; Martin Jenett, TUHH
14:10 - 14:35
14:35 - 15:00 WideMac: a Low Power and Routing Friendly MAC Protocol for Ultra Wideband Sensor Networks
Jérôme Rousselot, Amre El-Hoiydi, Jean-Dominique Decotignie, CSEM SA
Proposal of Two New Space-Time Codes for Extending the Range of UWB Systems
Lorenzo Mucchi, Federico Puggelli, University of Florence
WALTER : Wireless Alliances for Testing Experiment and Research
Franck Le Gall, Inno group; Philippe Cousin, ETSI; Alan Dearlove, Copsey Telecommunications Ltd.; Manuel Garcia, AT4 wireless; Chris Simpson, CSR; D. Fuehrer, Gianmarco Baldini, Joint Research Center -IPSC; Adiel Langer, Wisair; Xiaochen Chen, Telecommunication Metrology Center of MII
Recognition of Patterns from Geological Structures in Radar Signals with the Neuronal Network Simulator JNNS
Volker Gundelach, BGR; Michael de Paly, University Tübingen; Dieter Eisenburger, BGR
14:35 - 15:00
Afternoon Sessions (cntd.)Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E Room F
16:00 - 16:25 Design Issues Towards a High Performance Wireless USB Device
Jong Moo Sohn, Seung Ho Baek, Jaedoo Huh, Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute
M-ary Code-Selected STBC Based DS-BPAM UWB Communication System
Zhiquan Bai, Dongfeng Yuan, Haixia Zhang, Shandong University; Kyungsup Kwak, Inha University
Ultra-Wideband Radio-over-Optical Fiber: Technologies and Applications
Moshe Ran, Yossef Ben Ezra, Boris Lembrikov, Holon Institute of Technology
Development of Ground penetrating Radar in the Geocenter Hannover, Germany – a Review
Rudolf Thierbach, Retired; Dieter Eisenburger, BGR; Motoyuki Sato, Tohoku Univerrsity; Jung-Ho Kim, Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources
16:00 - 16:25
16:25 - 16:50 Improved Cycle Time Synchronization Method for Isochronous Data Transfer on Wireless 1394 Network
Seong-Hee Park, Il-Soon Jang, Seong-Hee Lee, Sangsung Choi, Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute; Kyoung-Rok Cho, Je-Hoon Lee, Chungbuk National University
Space-Time Coded User Cooperation for Ultra-Wideband Systems
Cumhur Ozan Yalçın, Mutlu Koca, Bogazici University
UWB in Heterogeneous Access Networks
Ana Sierra, Telefónica I+D; Juan Choliz, University of Zaragoza; Isabelle Bucaille, Bruno Selva, Thales Communications; Ana Villanúa,Telefónica I+D; Ángela Hernández Solana, Ignacio Alastruey Benedé, University of Zaragoza
UWB Array-Based Radar Imaging Using Modified Kirchhoff Migration
X. Zhuge, T.G. Savelyev, Alexander Yarovoy, Leo Ligthart, Delft University of Technology
16:25 - 16:50
16:50 End 16:50
Day 3 September 12, 2008
Poster SessionLichthof
15:00 - 16:00 Poster Session / Poster Teaser / Coffee Break & Snacks
Chair Ingolf Willms, University of Duisburg-Essen
15:00 - 16:00
Spread Time UWB Communications over Coax Cable: Application to CATV Networks
Pedro M. Crespo, Andrzej Swierczynski, Jorge Alvaro Penas, University of Navarra
Statistical Analysis of Impulse Radio Ultra-Wideband Multi-User Interference Based on Measurments
Hai Zhan, Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; John Farserotu, Jaouhar Ayadi, Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique S.A.
UWB Interference on 3G UMTS Terminals
Guang Zeng, Frank A. Cassara, Peter Voltz, Polytechnic University
Estimated Performance of UWB Impulse Radio Transmission Including Dirty RF Effects
Jens Timmermann, Elena Pancera, Grzegorz Adamiuk, Werner Wiesbeck, Thomas Zwick, University of Karlsruhe
Design of a UWB Antenna for Sensor and Wireless Systems Applications
Edvaldo Pires, Paulo Ferreira, Glauco Fontgalland, Marcos Melo, Rômulo Valle, Federal University of Campina Grande; Tan-Phu Vuong, LCIS/ESISAR-INPG
Model of Distance and Bandwidth Dependency of TOA-Based UWB Ranging Error
Giovanni Bellusci, Gerard J. M. Janssen, Junlin Yan, Christian C. J. M. Tiberius, Delft University of Technology
Development of Experimental TDOA System Test-Bed for Indoor Applications
Kiyoshi Hamaguchi, Ryuji Kohno, NICT
Day 3 September 12, 2008
Additional Information Additional Information
Floorplan WiFi-Access Information
SSID: ICUWB2008
WPA/WPA2-Key: uwb08wireless
NotesRoom A
Room DRoom E
Room F
Room CRoom B
EntranceLichthofRegistration Poster Session Coffee & Snacks Exhibitors
Conference Tent