The Ultra Wideband (UWB) Research and Implementation project is centered around a new wireless data communication method which will revolutionize the way high-speed multimedia devices communicate with each other. UWB is beneficial because, as the title suggests, the bandwidth of spectrum is extremely large compared to conventional narrow-band communication systems. This allows very high data rates. Furthermore, the power spectral density of a UWB transmission is so low that it will not interfere with other wireless devices.
The goal of the project is to research the theory behind UWB transmissions, and to complete a scaled-down UWB transceiver. This scaled-down version will be a basic wireless communications system using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). Since OFDM is one of the main modulation methods used to generate UWB signals, getting a basic transceiver to work using this approach will give future capstone projects the opportunity to continue working on the system.
