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Program

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



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


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


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



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


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




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


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




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




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


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



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




Invited - UWB Higher Layers


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



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


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




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


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Room DRoom E

Room F

Room CRoom B

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2008 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband

September 10-12, 2008

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