The battle over who's ultrawideband spec would get ratified by the IEEE has taken a seismic shift with the news that the IEEE 802.15.3a task group on ultrawideband is going to vote this week on whether or not to disband. If this happens, and speculation is that this vote could go either way (it takes a 75% majority to disband a IEEE group), then the specs championed by Freesc ale Semiconductor, the WiMedia Alliance, and Pulse~Link will fight it out in the marketplace. As a result, there will be multiple forms of UWB, and manufacturers will have to choose between the three specs for the one that will most fit their needs and, of course, end users will have to educate themselves on which products with which UWB spec will work best for them.
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UWB Standard Ratification Fight May Not Even Come to Pass
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1. No bad )
Posted at 4:37AM on Jul 5th 2006 by Alex