09/09/2015 Update on UWB (Ultra-Wide Band) Standardization Activities 1GSC-9, Seoul SOURCE:ETSI (TC ERM TG31A) TITLE:Update on UWB (Ultra-Wide Band) Standardization Activities AGENDA ITEM:GRSC 7 CONTACT:Fabrice Labourasse, GSC9/GRSC_018

GSC-9, Seoul209/09/2015 Outline UWB and Market Estimations Status of ETSI deliverables System Reference Document TR (UWB Communications) System Reference Document TR (GPR & WPR Radars) Draft Standard EN –1 & -2 (UWB Communications) Draft Standard EN & -2 (GPR & WPR Radars)

GSC-9, Seoul309/09/2015 UWB and Market Estimations Mobile Segment 3G Handsets Personal Communicators PC Segment PDAs Notebook PCs Desktop PCs Tablets Storage Devices Printers MP3 Players Scanners CE Segment Still Cameras DV Camcorders Game Platforms DTV Displays STBs DVDs PVRs MP3 Digital Home Audio Portable Projectors Cordless Phones Source: ETSI published TR SCOPE OF STANDARDIZATION 1- UWB Communications (PC, CE, Mobile) Potential cable replacement (e.g. Wireless USB at 110, 200, 480 Mb/s) 2- UWB Radars: Ground Probing and Wall Probing Radars

GSC-9, Seoul Status of ETSI Deliverables DeliverableStatus System Reference Document TR (UWB Communications) –TR is published and forwarded to CEPT to support interference studies System Reference Document TR for (Ground and Wall Probing Radars) –A working draft is available and plan is to publish by September 2004 Candidate Harmonized Standard EN –1 &- 2 (UWB Communications) –Working drafts for Part 1 and Part 2 are available Candidate Harmonized Standard EN –1 & - 2 (Ground and Wall Probing Radars) –A working draft for Part 1 is available

GSC-9, Seoul System Reference Document TR (UWB Communications) TR published as an ETSI Technical Report and forwarded to CEPT to support interference studies TR content includes: –Description of the UWB PHY approaches developed in IEEE and enabling communication data rates of 110, 200, 480 Mb/s for CE, PC and Mobile applications (e.g Wireless USB) –UWB Characteristics to support interference studies (activity factors, traffic and session information, transmitter activity coordination, etc.) –Suggested interference studies to be made by CEPT –Market forecast: applications and volumes per application until 2009 : hundreds of millions units.

GSC-9, Seoul System Reference Document TR (GPR & WPR Radars) A TR working draft is available and plan is to publish by September TR content includes –Description of Ground Probing Radars, Wall Probing Radar, and reference to Through-Wall Probing Radar –Operating principle: Radar type signal, no communications, no standardized protocol required. –Description of application range: highway inspection, airport runway inspection, rail, humanitarian and military landmine detection, geophysical applications, archaeology, … –Market forecast: small, limited to specialist and professional users to units in ten years from now

GSC-9, Seoul Candidate Harmonized Standard EN & -2 (UWB Communications) Working Draft for part 1 and part 2 are available. Part 1: Technical Characteristics and Test Methods Part 2: Draft Candidate Harmonized EN under article 3.2 of R&TTE Content of Draft Standard includes: –Presentation of equipment for testing purpose, Test Site and general arrangements, Test conditions,... –Methods of measurement, particularly a two-step measurement method for the peak power at 50 MHz bandwidth. –Some transmitter and receiver test suites with provisional limits until CEPT interference studies decide limits.

GSC-9, Seoul Candidate Harmonized Standard EN & -2 (Ground and Wall Probing Radars) Working Draft for part 1 is available. Part 1: Technical Characteristics and Test Methods Content of Draft Standard includes: –Presentation of equipment for testing purpose, Test Site and general arrangements, Test conditions,... –Methods of measurement, particularly a two-step measurement method for the peak power at 50 MHz bandwidth. –Some transmitter and receiver test suites with provisional limits until CEPT interference studies decide limits.